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DEAN v. CHAPMAN

No. 49166.

556 P.2d 257 (1976)

Patsy Shirlene DEAN, Appellant, v. A. Jay CHAPMAN, an Individual, the State of Oklahoma ex rel. A. Jay Chapman, Chief Medical Examiner, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

November 2, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vaughn, Allen, Stack & Huckaby by Robert L. Huckaby, Chickasha, for appellant.

Larry Derryberry, Atty. Gen., Michael Cauthron, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, for appellees.

DAVISON, Justice:

Appellant, Patsy Shirlene Dean, daughter of John Wesley Bell, a single man who died under circumstances as yet undetermined brought suit against the State Medicial Examiner in his official capacity and individually.

Appellant sought actual and punitive damages for:

1. The Chief Medical Examiner's refusal to conduct an autopsy when requested to by the District Attorney in Grady County which...

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