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JENNINGS v. BADGETT

No. 105,745.

230 P.3d 861 (2010)

2010 OK 7

Shannon JENNINGS and Brandy Crawford, Individually and as Parents and Natural Guardians of Shelby Jennings, a minor, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. Blake Allen BADGETT, M.D., Individually, and d/b/a Blake Allen Badgett, M.D., P.C., and Integris Baptist Medical Center, Inc., a domestic not for profit corporation, Defendants, and Stephen D. Schlinke, M.D., Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

February 9, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin J. Butts, Butts & Marrs, P.L.L.C., Oklahoma City, OK, for the appellants.

John Wiggins and Erin A. Renegar, Wiggins Sewell & Ogletree, Oklahoma City, OK, for the appellee.

TAYLOR, V.C.J.

¶ 1 Two questions are presented for our review. The first question, one of first impression, is whether a physician-patient relationship is an indispensable element of a medical malpractice claim against a physician. The second question is whether a physician-patient relationship between the plaintiffs and the appellee doctor exists as a matter of law. We answer the first question in the affirmative and the second question in the negative.

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