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1.1999 WL 1116790 (Okla.)
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12 Okla. Stat. 1991§ 1053. An action for wrongful death permits the decedent's personal representative (in this case, his parents) to bring a lawsuit only if the decedent had a right of recovery for injuries at the time of his death.
3.Supra note 1, at 17.
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9.1993 OK 6, 847 P.2d 342
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