NELSON v. CHOCTAW COUNTY CITY OF HUGO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY

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NELSON v. CHOCTAW COUNTY CITY OF HUGO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
2013 OK 58
Case Number: 110734
Decided: 06/27/2013

THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

NOTICE: THIS OPINION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE PERMANENT LAW REPORTS. UNTIL RELEASED, IT IS SUBJECT TO REVISION OR WITHDRAWAL.

TERESA NELSON, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
CHOCTAW COUNTY CITY OF HUGO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY a/k/a CHOCTAW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL and RURAL HEALTHCARE OF OKLAHOMA, INC. a/k/a LANE FROST HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER, Defendants-Appellees.

ORDER OF SUMMARY DISPOSITION

¶1 Rule 1.201 of the Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules provides that "[i]n any case in which it appears that a prior controlling appellate decision is dispositive of the appeal, the court may summarily affirm or reverse, citing in its order of summary disposition this rule and the controlling decision." Okla. S. Ct. Rule 1.201.

¶2 After reviewing the record in this case, THE COURT FINDS that our recent decisions in Wall v. Marouk, 2013 OK 36, ___P.3d___ and Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, 2013 OK 37, ___P.3d___, dispose of the issues in this case.

¶3 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the trial court's dismissal of this case is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings.

DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE THIS 27th day of June, 2013.

/S/CHIEF JUSTICE

COLBERT, C.J., REIF, V.C.J., KAUGER, WATT, EDMONDSON, COMBS, GURICH, JJ. - CONCUR

WINCHESTER & TAYLOR, JJ. - DISSENT

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