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CARMICHAEL v. BELLER

No. 81964.

914 P.2d 1051 (1996)

Marlene CARMICHAEL, Personal Representative of the Estate of Monette Morgan, deceased, Appellant, v. Jack J. BELLER, M.D., and Norman Orthopaedic Clinic, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

April 2, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard K. Berry, Jr., Oklahoma City, and Bill Wilson, Pauls Valley, for Appellant.

Russell L. Hendrickson, Haven Tobias, Pierce Couch Hendrickson Baysinger & Green, Oklahoma City, for Appellees.

LAVENDER, Justice.

We hold that a malpractice suit against a doctor and clinic for harm alleged to have occurred during treatment of a patient's right leg is not barred by a general release given to original tortfeasor(s) allegedly responsible for initially injuring the leg. Under the teachings of Moss v. City of Oklahoma City, 897 P.2d 280 (Okla.1995), to the extent the original...

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