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PATEL v. OMH MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

Nos. 90,489, 89,582.

987 P.2d 1185 (1999)

1999 OK 33

Urvashi B. PATEL, Appellee, v. OMH MEDICAL CENTER, INC., an Oklahoma Corporation, Saint Francis Hospital, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, and John B. Stevens, an individual, Appellants. Urvashi B. Patel, Appellant, v. OMH Medical Center, Inc., an Oklahoma Corporation, Saint Francis Hospital, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, Larry D. Henry, an individual, and Arrington, Kihle, Gaberino & Dunn, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford N. Ribner, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Urvashi B. Patel, Appellee in Cause No. 90,489 and Appellant in Cause No. 89,582.

Larry D. Henry, Vivian C. Hale, Patrick W. Cipolla, Gable Gotwals Mock Schwabe Kihle Gaberino, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Appellants, OMH Medical Center, Inc., St. Francis Hospital, Inc., and John B. Stevens, in Cause No. 90,489 and for Appellees, OMH Medical Center, Inc. and St. Francis Hospital, Inc., in Cause No. 89,582.

James M. Sturdivant, Vivian C. Hale, and Patrick Cipolla, Gable Gotwals Mock Schwabe Kihle Gaberino, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Appellees, Larry D. Henry and Arrington, Kihle, Gaberino & Dunn, in Cause No. 89,582.

OPALA, J.

¶ 1 The dispositive issues tendered in these appeals are (1) whether the trial judge abused her discretion in ordering the Patel I judgment vacated, and (2) whether the litigation-related misconduct alleged here may be redressed through a civil action in tort. We answer the first question in the affirmative and the second in the negative.

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THE ANATOMY OF LITIGATION

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