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· 7/5/1978

Turney v. Anspaugh

Citations

  • 581 P.2d 1301
  • 1978 OK 101
  • 1978 Okla. LEXIS 453

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that only “common knowledge and experience” was required to assess a surgeon’s lack of care in leaving a surgical sponge in plaintiff’s abdomen during a hysterectomy procedure, quoting Boxberger, 552 P.2d at 373
  • rule that expert medical testimony is required to support professional negligence case is subject to exception where negligence is so grossly apparent that layman would have no difficulty in recognizing it

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Judges: Lavender

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