Healthsource
By Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma
- Release Date: 2005-06-09
- Genre: Law
Description
1 Healthsource, Inc. (Plaintiff) appeals from a district courts order dismissing its lawsuit against X-Ray Associates and Dr. Jerome Burstein (Defendants). Plaintiff sued Defendants for breach of contract, tortious interference with contractual relations, civil conspiracy, negligent misrepresentation, and prima facie tort. Both Defendants filed motions to dismiss Plaintiffs complaint, with each motion claiming that Plaintiff lacked standing to bring suit against Defendants or that Plaintiff had failed to state claims upon which relief could be granted. The district court granted Defendants motions to dismiss on December 10, 2003. On appeal, Plaintiff argues that the district court erred by ruling that Plaintiff did not have standing to assert the claims against Defendants, and that the court also erred when it determined that Plaintiff had not stated claims upon which relief could be granted. In their answer brief, Defendants contend that Plaintiffs appeal as to Dr. Burstein was filed prematurely, and therefore this Court lacks jurisdiction to hear that portion of the appeal. We conclude that this Court does have jurisdiction to hear this appeal. We also hold that the district court did not err in dismissing Plaintiffs complaint because Plaintiff lacked standing to bring the claims against Defendants or Plaintiff failed to state claims upon which relief could be granted. Thus, we affirm.
