SHAWAREB v. SSM HEALTH CARE OF OKLAHOMA

No. 117,633.

480 P.3d 894 (2020)

2020 OK 92

Lamees SHAWAREB and Farouk Shawareb, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. SSM HEALTH CARE OF OKLAHOMA, INC., d/b/a Bone and Joint Hospital at St. Anthony and Savannah Petty, Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

FILED November 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenyatta R. Bethea , Holloway Bethea & Osenbaugh, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Alexander C. Vosler , Alexandra G. Ah Loy , and Leslie L. Jones , Johnson Hanan Vosler Hawthorne & Snider, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Defendants/Appellees.


¶1 The two primary issues raised on certiorari are whether (1) the trial court's summary judgment procedure created reversible legal error, and (2) an expert medical opinion was necessary for plaintiffs on summary judgment. Plaintiffs argue an expert is not necessary to explain a hospital's standard of care and causation of plaintiff...

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