JACKSON v. MERCY HEALTH CENTER, INC.

No. 75759.

864 P.2d 839 (1993)

Tim JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MERCY HEALTH CENTER, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

November 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex K. Travis, Oklahoma City, for appellant.

Charles F. Alden III, Elizabeth J. Dunning, Holloway, Dobson, Hudson & Bachman, Oklahoma City, for appellee.


OPALA, Justice.

The single issue on certiorari is whether the Good Samaritan1 Act, 76 O.S. 1991 § 5,2 gives defendant Mercy Health Center, Inc. [the Hospital] statutory immunity from liability for its personnel's allegedly negligent attempt to render medical aid to plaintiff Tim Jackson, a hospital visitor. We answer in the affirmative.

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