GRAHAM v. KEUCHEL

No. 72586.

847 P.2d 342 (1993)

James Randolph GRAHAM, II and Katrina Dawn Graham, natural father and mother, guardians and next friends of Donald Keaton Graham, a deceased minor, Appellants and Counter-Appellees, v. Joseph A. KEUCHEL, D.O.; W. Richard Loerke, D.O.; Benien Clinic, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, Donald G. Dunaway, D.O.; Osteopathic Hospital Founders Association, an Oklahoma corporation, d/b/a Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital, Appellees and Counter-Appellants, and Drs. Dean, Hall & Ryker, William E. Hall, M.D., and David E. Ryker, M.D., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

January 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry M. Melone, Matt A. Melone, Melone-Shepherd-Schroeder-Allred-Melone, Tulsa, for appellants and counter-appellees, James Randolph and Katrina Dawn Graham.

James K. Secrest, II, Edward J. Main, Secrest & Hill, Tulsa, for appellees and counter-appellants, Joseph A. Keuchel, D.O., W. Richard Loerke, D.O., and Benien Clinic, Inc.

Joseph M. Best, Joseph A. Sharp, John H.T. Sheridan, Best, Sharp, Sheridan & Stritzke, Tulsa, for appellee and counter-appellant, Donald G. Dunaway, D.O.

Pete Silva, Jr., Michael Barkley, John D. Clayman, Teresa G. Dreiling, Barkley, Rodolf, Silva, McCarthy & Rodolf, Tulsa, for appellee and counter-appellant, Osteopathic Hosp. Founders Ass'n, an Oklahoma corp., d/b/a Oklahoma Osteopathic Hosp.


OPALA, Chief Justice.

Two issues are dispositive of this appeal: [1] Was the supervening cause instruction in the wrongful death claim1 fatally or reversibly flawed? [2] Did the trial court commit reversible error by instructing on "mistake of judgment"2 when this jury charge was unwarranted by the evidence adduced in the trial of both claims? We answer both questions...

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