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Resource 20 . 3
8 minutes

Fritts v. McKinne : "The Doctor Who Cried Drunk Driver"

Jonathan Zittrain,
Jordi Weinstock

When physicians provide negligent medical treatment, should they be allowed to avoid liability by asserting that the plaintiff's injuries were originally caused by the plaintiff's own negligence?

Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals
934 P.2d 371
No. 86,146
1996-11-12

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