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Date: 06-03-2021
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Case Number: CJ-2014-874
Judge: Lori Walkely
Court: In the District Court in and for Cleveland County, Oklahoma
Plaintiff's Attorney:
Defendant's Attorney: Glen Huff and Robert D. Hoisington for Norman Regional Hospital
Gus Hamilton Buthman for Board Of Regents Of The University Of Oklahoma
Melodie Freeman-Burney, Jason Sean Taylor, Hillary Louise Velandia and Jared D. Giddens for Emergency Services of Oklahoma, P.C.
Jonathan M. Irwin for Micah Charles Patrick and Dallas E. Smith
Description: Norman, Oklahoma civil litigation class action lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants claiming that they were wrongfully billed for blood testing service for testing ordered by law enforcement.
All members of the proposed class were arrested by law enforcement agencies, taken to Defendant Norman Regional Hospital for blood testing, and have been billed by Defendant NRH and Defendant NEP for the blood testing.
Outcome: 12-13-2016 CTFREE
SO: MATTER COMES ON FOR PLAINTIFF'S MSJ. PARTIES APPEAR BY COUNSEL. ARGUMENT TAKEN. CT FINDS AND ORDERS 1) STATUE @ ISSUE IS NOT UNBIAZ; 2) UNDER THE STATUE @ ISSUE LAW ENFORCEMENT MUST, AT LEAST INITIALLY, BEAR THE COST OF LEGAL BLOOD DRAWS; 3) A MATERIAL ISSUE OF FACT EXISTS AS TO WHETHER PLAINTIFF'S WERE WRONGFULLY BILLED FOR BLOOD DRAW - WHETHER PLAINTIFF'S WERE @ NRH FOR A BLOOD DRAW OR FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT - THE "BUT FOR" CAUSATION THAT PLAINTIFF'S WERE AT NRH FOR BLOOD DRAW AND FIT AND MEDICAL CARE WAS (?) TO PRIMARY REASON FOR
06-03-2021 DISM
PLAINTIFF'S DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE AS TO DEFENDANT EMERGENCY SERVICES OF OKLAHOMA, PC ONLY
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