Hendrickson & Hendrickson Defend Hospitalist Team

Pierce Couch partners Rusty Hendrickson and Jeffrey Hendrickson recently defended a local hospitalist team, including an internal medicine physician and nurse practitioner, in a medical-negligence jury trial in Oklahoma County District Court before Judge Aletia Haynes Timmons. Plaintiff alleged that the hospitalist team prematurely discharged a patient from the hospital, leading to the patient’s death several days later. During the seven-day jury trial, the defendants obtained directed verdicts on punitive damages, informed consent, loss-of-chance, and res ipsa loquitur. At the close of trial and following a jury demand of $10,000,000.00, the jury returned a unanimous defense verdict for our clients and our co-defendant clients on Plaintiff’s negligence claim. 

Rusty Henrickson

Jeffrey Hendrickson