FIELDS v. SAUNDERS

No. 107,302.

278 P.3d 577 (2012)

2012 OK 17

Limbusha FIELDS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Keontae Kevon Cole, deceased; Limbusha Fields, individually; and Keon Cole, individually, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. Kristi M. SAUNDERS, M.D., and Kathryn Reilly, M.D., Defendants/Appellees, and The State of Oklahoma ex rel. The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma; Rita Rankaja Ramen, M.D.; Adriana Monica Brune, M.D.; and HCA Health Services of Oklahoma, Inc. d/b/a OU Medical Center d/b/a Children's Hospital, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied May 21, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe E. White, Jr. , Charles C. Weddle, III , White & Weddle, P.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Hilton H. Walters , Jamie K. Bruehl , Rife Walters & Bruehl, LLP, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Alison A. Cave , Alison A. Cave, PLLC, Edmond, Oklahoma for Defendant/Appellee, Kristi M. Saunders, M.D.

L. Earl Ogletree , Lane O. Krieger , Wiggins Sewell & Ogletree, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for Defendant/Appellee, Kathryn Reilly, M.D.


REIF, J.:

¶ 1 This case presents important issues regarding the right to jury trial guaranteed by Article 2, Section 19 of the Oklahoma Constitution. The primary issue is whether this right has been violated by a juror who concealed bias against one of the parties during voir dire, and revealed such bias of his own accord after a verdict has been rendered. The second but equally important issue is the standard of review to be employed in deciding a claim of error...

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