Legal Opinion
Warner v. Hillcrest Medical Center
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided September 26, 1995No. 83555PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOODMAN, Presiding Judge.
Appellants Wilkinson & Monaghan, a Professional Corporation (law firm), and Bill V. Wilkinson, an individual, appeal from the trial court’s order awarding sanctions to multiple defendants against the law firm and Wilkinson.
I
Facts
Wilkinson and his law firm (hereinafter Wilkinson) were retained by the personal representatives of the estate of Norma Levitt to pursue a medical malpractice claim. Norma Levitt died on the operating table at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on November 8, 1989, following successful hip replacement surgery. A nurse…
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