Oklahoma High Court Reinstates Judgment Against Nursing Home For Patient Death

(January 2, 2020, 8:49 AM EST) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Dec. 17 vacated an appellate court opinion affirming the vacating of a $3 million default judgment in a wrongful death lawsuit against a nursing home, reversed the trial court as to liability and ordered a new trial on damages, finding that the nursing home counsel’s failure to learn of and respond to the original petition did not constitute an “unavoidable casualty or misfortune” that would have justified vacating the judgment (Ryan Williams v. Meeker North Dawson Nursing, LLC, No. 115,360, Okla. Sup., 2019 Okla. LEXIS 83)....