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VANCE v. MOLINA

No. 95,023.

28 P.3d 570 (2001)

2001 OK 60

George VANCE, individually, and as natural father and next friend of Brenda Vance, deceased, and for and on behalf of the estate of Brenda Vance, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Marcel MOLINA, M.D., Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

July 3, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred E. Stoops, Sr., Richardson, Stoops, Richardson & Ward, Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Karen L. Callahan and Leslie C. Weeks, Rodolph & Todd, Tulsa, OK, for Defendant-Appellee.

OPINION

WATT, Vice Chief Justice,

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶ 1 Brenda Vance, age 46, was five-feet four-inches tall but weighed 280 pounds. She lived near Tulsa, Oklahoma and in January 1998 went to Harris County, Texas for treatment of her obesity by Marcel Molina, M.D., a specialist in gastric segmentation, a surgical technique designed to help severely overweight patients lose weight. Following...

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