GATES v. BAUM

No. 56970.

673 P.2d 519 (1983)

Virginia GATES and Ivan Gates, Appellants, v. John N. BAUM, Special Administrator of the Estate of Delbert G. Smith, M.D., Deceased, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 4.

Rehearing Denied October 3, 1983.

Certiorari Denied December 13, 1983.

Released for Publication December 19, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Oldfield, Jr., Oklahoma City, for appellants.

Dale Reneau, Z. Faye Martin Morton, Fenton, Fenton, Smith, Reneau & Moon, Oklahoma City, for appellee.


Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Appeals December 19, 1983.

BRIGHTMIRE, Presiding Judge.

The dispositive question here is whether a probated and closed estate can be reopened and an action brought against a specially appointed administrator ad litem of a deceased physician's estate to recover damages for a newly discovered injury alleged to have been caused by the malpractice of the deceased physician...

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