Rishell v. Jane Phillips Episcopal Memorial Medical Center

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “[i]f, as a practical matter, the interests of the absent parties will be adequately represented, their interests will not be impaired”
• noting that “[t]he absence of an alternative forum would weigh heavily, if not conclusively against dismissal”
• noting that “[t]he moving party has the burden of persuasion in arguing for dismissal” (quotation omitted)
• explaining that the “moving party has the burden of persuasion in arguing for dismissal” for failure to join an indispensable party
• indicating that a court must determine whether the party in question is necessary under Rule 19(a) before proceeding to decide whether the party is indispensable under Rule 19(b)
• explaining that “under Oklahoma law the interest of the husband in recovering damages for loss of consortium arising from injuries to his wife is derivative of the wife’s right to recover”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).