WHEELER v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC.

No. 81-478-C.

571 F.Supp. 963 (1983)

Charolette WHEELER, Administratrix of the Estate of John M. Wheeler, deceased, Plaintiff, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., a corporation, Defendant & Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Bruce S. HINCKLEY, M.D.; Michael Boyer, M.D.; Larry King, CRNA; K.F. Sauer, M.D.; Judy Brewer, R.N.; Don Lalli; Warren Ballard; David Mullins; Deanna Wiley; D. Riley, L.P.N.; L. Hodges, R.N.; Bruce Hinckley, M.D., Inc., and McAlester Regional Health Center Authority d/b/a McAlester Regional Hospital and McAlester Bone and Joint Clinic, Inc., Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Oklahoma.

September 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Uselton and Richard Gossett, Stipe, Gossett, Stipe, Harper, Estes, McCune & Parks, McAlester, Okl., for plaintiff.

Grey W. Satterfield and Scott Ray, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendant and third-party plaintiff Burlington.

Joseph Glass, Tulsa, Okl., for King, Hinckley, Hinckley, Inc., Sauer, McAlester Bone and Boyer.

John R. Paul, Tulsa, Okl., for Hinckley, Hinckley, Inc., Sauer and McAlester Bone and Joint.

Russell Holloway and Scott Johnson, Oklahoma City, Okl., for Wiley, Ballard, Brewer, Mullins, Hodges, Riley and McAlester Reg. Hosp.


ORDER DENYING MOTION OF DEFENDANTS McALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL, JUDY BREWER, WARREN BALLARD, DAVID MULLINS, DEANNA WILEY, D. RILEY, AND L. HODGES TO DISMISS

SEAY, Chief Judge.

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