Case Name: Brian KLEPCZYK, individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Lesley Klepczyk, and as Parent and Next Friend of Noah Klepczyk, a Minor, et al., Petitioners, v. The Honorable Vicki L. ROBERTSON, Respondent
Court: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 2005-03-21
Citations: 117 P.3d 266
Docket Number: No. 101,753
Parties: Brian KLEPCZYK, individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Lesley Klepczyk, and as Parent and Next Friend of Noah Klepczyk, a Minor, et al., Petitioners, v. The Honorable Vicki L. ROBERTSON, Respondent.
Judges: All Justices Concur.
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 3d
Volume: 117
Pages: 266–266

Head Matter:
2005 OK 17
Brian KLEPCZYK, individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Lesley Klepczyk, and as Parent and Next Friend of Noah Klepczyk, a Minor, et al., Petitioners, v. The Honorable Vicki L. ROBERTSON, Respondent.
No. 101,753.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma.
March 21, 2005.

Opinion:
ORDER
¶ 1 Original jurisdiction is assumed as a function of the Court's general superintending control over all inferior courts. Oklahoma Const. Art. 7 § 4.
¶ 2 The order of December 16, 2004 granting a change of venue, and ordering the cause transferred to Custer County, in the matter docketed in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Cause No. CJ-2001-3188-65 in which the petitioner Brian Klepczyk, et al. are the plaintiffs, and the real parties in interest Chris Kolker, M.D. and Jack Butler, D.O., et al. are the defendants, is hereby vacated.
¶ 3 When venue over a cause is proper at the time suit is filed, it cannot be defeated by subsequent events. Pine v. Superior Court of Seminole County, 1934 OK 655, 39 P.2d 530.
/s/Joseph M. Watt CHIEF JUSTICE
All Justices Concur.