Christopher M. Scaperlanda

Representative Experience

• Represented a physician group in litigation with a former partner in a lawsuit relating to the former partner’s buyout.
• Represented multiple hospitals in disputes with physicians relating to the revocation of privileges and/or the requirement to report the physicians to the National Practitioner Data Bank.
• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of trustee in suit alleging trustee had breached fiduciary duties to the trust.
• Appeared in front of the medical board on behalf of multiple clients subject to medical board discipline.
• Represented a rural physician in a dispute with an insurer over whether the physician was qualified to perform certain services.
• Obtained summary judgment, affirmed on appeal, on behalf of estate in lawsuit by deceased’s spouse where divorce proceedings were pending when deceased died and a prenuptial agreement prohibited the parties from receiving assets if they filed for divorce.
• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of defendant in suit to recover on forged promissory note. Summary judgment was based on discovery that the text of the purported promissory note was in a font that had not yet been designed/released in 1991, when the note was purportedly signed, meaning it was impossible that the note could have existed at that time. Ruling affirmed on appeal.
• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of organization in lawsuit involving allegations of negligent hiring and retention, negligent supervision, and intentional infliction of emotional distress arising from alleged improper conduct by person in position of authority. Ruling affirmed on appeal by the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.
• Obtained dismissal on behalf of Oklahoma landowner in dispute with Texas landowner over ownership of land along the Oklahoma/Texas border. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas held that Oklahoma v. Texas, 252 U.S. 372 (1920), was superseded by the Red River Boundary Compact and that the disputed land was in Oklahoma. Ruling affirmed on appeal by the Fifth Circuit. It appears this is the first court case explicitly holding that the Red River Boundary Compact supersedes the earlier U.S. Supreme Court case.
• Represented corporate trustee in lawsuit by neighboring landowner seeking to establish a road across real property owned by trust.
• Represented the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Oklahoma City in securing the safe return of a consecrated host that was procured by a Satanist group for the specific purpose of being desecrated at the group’s black mass. The host, which is used in sacred celebrations of the Eucharist, was returned following the filing of a lawsuit in district court in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
• Defended multinational original equipment manufacturer from claims for breach of contract and civil fraud brought by former parts supplier seeking compensatory and punitive damages, through trial and appeal.
• Defended public company board members from derivative and direct claims brought by minority shareholder alleging breach of fiduciary duty, breach of shareholder agreement, and fraud.
• Defended manufacturer of outdoor lighting from putative class action alleging breach of express and implied warranties.
• Brought suit against manufacturer of packaging equipment on behalf of food distributor alleging that equipment failed to meet contractual requirements for speed and accuracy.
• Represented trustee/beneficiary in lawsuit by beneficiary seeking to hold trust liable for acts by former trustee.
• Represented corporate policyholders in insurance coverage litigation involving a variety of claims, including commercial general liability, first-party property, business interruption, and bad faith.
• Represented insurance broker in action relating to insurance claims arising out of Hurricane Katrina.