BEAN v. ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL

Citations

• 2026 OK 27

Syllabus

¶0 A patient, who had a contrast infiltration from an IV placed in her left hand in preparation for a CT scan, brought a medical malpractice action against a hospital. The district court granted the hospital's motion for summary judgment, holding that the patient could not prove her claim because the patient's expert, a registered nurse, was not qualified to testify as to the hospital physician's standard of care and could not prove that any alleged negligence on the part of hospital employees caused any injury. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed the district court's judgment, concluding that a question of fact existed as to whether the hospital non-physician employees were negligent and caused the patient's injury. This Court granted certiorari. We hold that the patient failed to prove her claim because she presented no qualified expert to testify as to the physician standard of care and to establish causation between the hospital's alleged negligent acts and the patient's injury. COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS' OPINION VACATED; DISTRICT COURT'S JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.