The Oklahoma Supreme Court recently heard the medical malpractice case, Frank Artist Woods v. Unity Health Center Inc. The lawsuit involved a special statute that was only imposed on medical negligence lawsuits. Insurance companies will continue to lobby for restricting access to justice for accident and negligence victims. But, for now, Janice Francis-Smith, a reporter for The Journal Record, has good news for Oklahomans injured because of medical malpractice:
The court found the law meets the definition of an unconstitutional special law because it "targets for different treatment less than an entire class of similarly situated persons or things," creating preference and establishing inequity between similarly classes of litigants, according to precedential court rulings.The High court strikes down portion of tort law article also states that the ruling in Frank Artist Woods v. Unity Health Center Inc. was unanimous.
