GAINES v. COMANCHE COUNTY MEDICAL HOSP.

No. 100,598.

143 P.3d 203 (2006)

2006 OK 39

Stephen GAINES, Appellant, v. COMANCHE COUNTY MEDICAL HOSPITAL and Nursefinders, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected June 20, 2006.

Rehearing Denied September 11, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Markey, Wichita Falls, TX, for appellant, Stephen Gaines.

Inona Jane Harness, Leslie D. Guajardo, Pierce Couch Hendrickson Baysinger & Green, L.L.P., Oklahoma City, OK, for appellee, Comanche County Memorial Hospital.

Monty B. Bottom, Jason T. Rogers, Foliart, Huff, Ottoway & Bottom, Oklahoma City, OK, for appellee, Nursefinders, Inc.

Stephen Peterson, Michael McMillin, Fenton, Fenton, Smith, Reneau & Moon, Oklahoma City, OK, for amici curiae, Oklahoma State Medical Association & Oklahoma Hospital Association.


¶ 0 While hospitalized for multiple gunshot wounds, the appellant, Stephen Gaines (Gaines/patient), developed decubitus ulcers (bedsores). The patient filed a medical malpractice suit against his doctor and the appellees, Comanche County Medical Hospital (hospital) and Nursefinders, Inc. (Nursefinders). After the doctor was dismissed from the cause, the hospital and Nursefinders moved for summary judgment on grounds that Gaines...

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