Legal Opinion
Vance v. Molina
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided July 3, 2001No. 95,023PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WATT, Vice Chief Justice,
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
T1 Brenda Vance, age 46, was five-feet four-inches tall but weighed 280 pounds. She lived near Tulsa, Oklahoma and in January 1998 went to Harris County, Texas for treatment of her obesity by Marcel Molina, M.D., a specialist in gastric segmentation, a surgical technique designed to help severely overweight patients lose weight. Following her surgery Ms. Vance returned to Tulsa. She started complaining of complications and was treated by Tulsa doctors. Ms. Vance and her doctors called Dr. Molina's office. Dr. Molina and his staff…
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