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HAMMONDS v. OSTEOPATHIC HOSP. FOUNDERS

Nos. 84357, 82183.

934 P.2d 319 (1996)

James L. HAMMONDS, Executor of the Estate of Varl Hammonds, now deceased, and W.C. Sellers, the real party in interest, Appellants, v. OSTEOPATHIC HOSPITAL FOUNDERS ASSOCIATION, d/b/a Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital, Kenneth H. Stover, Inc., Kenneth H. Stover, D.O., and Stephen Fletcher, D.O., Appellees. Mack M. BRALY, Appellant, v. The Honorable Robert J. SCOTT, Judge of the District Court; Osteopathic Hospital Founders Association, d/b/a Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital; Kenneth H. Stover, D.O., Inc.; and Steven Fletcher, D.O., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearings Denied March 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mack M. Braly, Tulsa, Jim Gassaway, Gassaway & Harris, Tulsa, George Braly, Braly & Braly, Ada, W.C. Sellers, W.C. Sellers, Jr., Sapulpa, for Appellants.

Joseph A. Sharp, John H.T. Sheridan, Karen M. Grundy, Best, Sharp, Holden, Sheridan, Best & Sullivan, Tulsa, Mike Barkley, Ann Makela Schneider, F. Will DeMier, Leslie C. Weeks, Barkley, Rodolf & McCarthy, Tulsa, for Appellees.

OPALA, Justice.

A single issue is dispositive of the two consolidated causes. Did the trial court abuse its discretion by imposing the 12 O.S. 1991 § 20111 sanction against Braly and Sellers, counsel in the case, for prosecuting Hammonds' motion to impose sanctions upon the defendants? Our answer is in the affirmative.

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