ANAGNOST v. FRANK J. TOMECEK, M.D., P.I.C.

Case Number: 113748.

390 P.3d 707 (2017)

2017 OK 7

Steven C. ANAGNOST, M.D., Plaintiff/Appellee/Counter-Appellant, v. Frank J. TOMECEK, M.D., P.I.C.; Frank J. Tomecek, M.D.; Oklahoma Spine and Brain Institute, LLP; Clinton Baird, M.D.; Chris M. Boxell, L.L.C.; Christopher M. Boxell, M.D.; David A. Fell, M.D.; Defendants/Appellants/Counter-Appellees, and Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital, L.L.C.; State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma Medical Licensure and Supervision Board; Lyle Kelsey; Eric Frische, M.D.; Gayla Janke; Gary L. Brooks; S. Randall Sullivan; and Daniel B. Graves, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Decided: January 24, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe E. White, Jr. , Charles C. Weddle, III , Patrick M. Ryan , Phillip G. Whaley , Jason A. Ryan , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Plaintiff/Appellee, Counter-Appellant.

Walter D. Haskins , Rachel F. Hughes , Meredith D. Lindaman , Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendants/Appellants/Counter-Appellees, Frank J. Tomecek, M.D., P.L.C.; Frank J. Tomecek, M.D.

Marthanda J. Beckworth , Jennifer R. Annis , Michael P. Atkinson , Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendant/Appellant/Counter-Appellee, David A. Fell, M.D.

Hilton H. Walters , R. Gene Stanley , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Defendants/Appellants/Counter-Appellees, Oklahoma Spine and Brain Institute, L.L.P.; Clinton Baird, M.D.; Chris M. Boxell, L.L.C.; Christopher M. Boxell, M.D.


¶ 1 The dispositive issue is whether the Oklahoma Citizens Participation Act (the OCPA), 12 O.S. Supp. 2014 1430 et. seq.,1 which became effective November 1, 2014, retroactively applies to the plaintiff's claims in this cause. We hold that it does not.

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