Oklahoma Supreme Court Decisions 2017
Date: December 28, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 108
Docket Number: 116501
Date: December 19, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 106
Docket Number: 115182
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant John Doe filed suit against appellees The First Presbyterian Church U.S.A. ("FPC"), of Tulsa, Oklahoma and its minister, James Miller, based on theories of torts and breach of contract. Doe sought damages…
Date: December 19, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 105
Docket Numbers: 115229, Consol. w/115170
Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiffs-respondents in this case sued hundreds of defendants, whom the plaintiffs asserted had served them mixed drinks over a period of several years prior to filing the lawsuit. The plaintiffs claimed that…
Date: December 19, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 107
Docket Number: 115334
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants ("Customers") requested the Oklahoma Supreme Court reverse the Oklahoma Corporation Commission's ("Commission") Order Dismissing Cause and remand the underlying application to the Commission for a full…
Date: December 19, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 100
Docket Number: 116131
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners challenged the constitutionality of both Impaired Driving Elimination Act 2, (S.B. No. 643), and Oklahoma Governor's Executive Order 2017-19, issued on June 8, 2017, to implement the new Act or a portion…
Date: December 18, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 103
Date: December 18, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 104
Date: December 18, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 102
Docket Number: SCBD-6601
Date: December 18, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 101
Docket Number: SCBD-6604
Date: December 12, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 97
Docket Number: 115007
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Robert Parsons was charged with first degree murder, but was subsequently adjudged not guilty by reason of insanity. At a hearing following Appellant's acquittal, the trial court determined he was a continuing…
Date: December 11, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 98
Docket Number: SCBD-6597
Date: December 5, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 95
Docket Number: 115692
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-appellant State Farm Automobile Insurance Company, as subrogee of its insured, sued for damages arising out of an automobile accident between the insured and Defendant-appellee Nicholas Payne. The insured, Tori…
Date: December 5, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 96
Docket Number: SCBD-6580
Date: December 4, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 94
Docket Number: 4483
Date: November 20, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 91
Docket Number: 6584
Date: November 20, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 93
Docket Number: SCBD-6474
Date: November 20, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 92
Docket Number: SCBD-6552
Date: November 14, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 90
Docket Number: SCBD-6561
Date: November 6, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 86
Docket Number: SCBD-6566
Date: November 1, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 85
Docket Number: 116162
Date: October 24, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 82
Docket Number: 112682
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs brought an action in the District Court for Custer County and claimed a convenience store negligently and recklessly sold low-point beer to a noticeably intoxicated person who injured plaintiffs in a vehicle…
Date: October 24, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 81
Docket Number: 115620
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2012, petitioners Saint Francis Hospital, Inc., Neurological Surgery, Inc., and Douglas Koontz, M.D. performed decompressive laminectomies of respondent Johnson John’s spine at the C2-3, C3-4, C4-5, C5-6 and C6-7…
Date: October 24, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 83
Docket Number: 116269
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, Sierra Club, requested the Oklahoma Supreme Court to assume original jurisdiction and petitioned for a writ of prohibition or mandamus. Petitioner alleged that House Bill 1449 was a revenue bill that violated…
Date: October 10, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 80
Docket Number: 113894
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose from a motor vehicle accident in 2012. William Taylor was driving a vehicle owned and insured by Guy's Seed Company (Guy's Seed); Appellant Mark Raymond was a passenger in the vehicle driven by Taylor.…
Date: October 9, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 79
Date: October 3, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 78
Docket Number: 114065
Justia Opinion Summary: The constitutionality of section 57 of the Administrative Worker's Compensation Act (AWCA) came before the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Claimant Brandon Gibby injured his right wrist and left knee in 2014 when he fell three…
Date: September 26, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 75
Docket Number: 114429
Justia Opinion Summary: The Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims determined Jolid Mackey was a physically impaired person at the time of his last injury to his left shoulder in 2013. His physically impaired status was based on several…
Date: September 26, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 76
Docket Number: 114584
Justia Opinion Summary: The Workers Compensation Court of Existing Claims ruled Maggie Wiggins was a physically impaired person under 85 O.S.2011, section 402(A)(4), at the time of a job-related injury to her back in 2011. This status was based…
Date: September 26, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 77
Docket Number: 114942
Justia Opinion Summary: In October 2015, Petitioner Adam Fry brought a proceeding for an order to "deregister" as a sex offender. Petitioner contended he was entitled to this relief based on an earlier order entered by the sentencing judge in…
Date: September 26, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 74
Docket Number: 115335
Justia Opinion Summary: The Oklahoma Supreme Court granted certiorari to address whether disputed questions of material fact existed which precluded summary judgment in this case. In 1999, defendant-appellant, James Dalke purchased a 2000…
Date: September 18, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 69
Docket Number: 112786
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs brought an action against the City of Oklahoma City alleging they suffered damages from a sewer backup. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs. The district court reduced the jury award to each couple to…
Date: September 18, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 73
Docket Number: 114825
Date: September 18, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 71
Docket Number: 115672
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Lyle Corbeil suffered bilateral inguinal hernias at work, filed for workers' compensation benefits, and asked for a contested hearing on the issue of temporary total disability. The administrative law judge…
Date: September 18, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 72
Docket Number: 115898
Justia Opinion Summary: A workers' compensation claimant suffered a hernia and recurrent hernia due to work. He requested a contested hearing on the constitutionality of the hernia provision of the Administrative Workers' Compensation Act, 85A…
Date: September 18, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 70
Docket Number: SCBD-6553
Date: September 12, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 68
Docket Number: 113334
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Kim Young was injured, sought workers' compensation benefits, and approximately thirteen months later her employment was terminated. Plaintiff sued, alleging she had been terminated from employment in…
Date: September 11, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 66
Date: September 11, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 67
Date: August 31, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 64
Docket Number: 116143
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners are a not-for-profit trade association of automobile dealers, an automobile dealer, and a prospective consumer in Oklahoma. All challenged House Bill 2433, alleging that it was a revenue bill enacted outside…
Date: August 10, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 63
Docket Number: 116102
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners are manufacturers, wholesalers, and consumers of cigarettes. Collectively they challenged Oklahoma Senate Bill 845, alleging that it was a revenue bill enacted outside of the procedure mandated in Article V,…
Date: June 27, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 62
Docket Number: 112961
Justia Opinion Summary: Claimant sought permanent total disability benefits from the Multiple Injury Trust Fund. The Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims held that the claimant's combined injuries rendered the claimant permanently…
Date: June 27, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 58
Docket Number: 114486
Justia Opinion Summary: The State filed a petition to terminate Mother's parental rights pursuant to 10A O.S.Supp.2014, section 1-4-904(B)(5), alleging Mother failed to correct the conditions that led to the deprived child adjudication of B.K.…
Date: June 27, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 60
Docket Number: 114893
Justia Opinion Summary: Taxpayer held stock in two Oklahoma S-corporations. He sold substantially all of the corporate assets of both companies to a third party. Following the sale, taxpayer received his proportionate share of the proceeds, and…
Date: June 27, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 59
Docket Number: 6457
Date: June 26, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 61
Docket Number: 6390
Date: June 20, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 57
Docket Number: 112417
Justia Opinion Summary: Bob Hensley (Buyer) purchased real estate by contract for deed. He sued the insurer of the property's previous owner, State Farm Fire & Casualty, alleging breach of the implied-in-law duty of good faith. Insurer filed a…
Date: June 20, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 55
Docket Number: 113383
Justia Opinion Summary: The main issue on certiorari review was whether the doctrine of informed consent required a physician to obtain the patient's consent before using a non-doctor to perform significant portions of a surgery for which the…
Date: June 20, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 56
Docket Number: SCBD-6453
Date: June 19, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 54
Docket Number: 114314
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-appellee Elizabeth Cates filed on her behalf and a putative class asserting claims against the defendant-appellee INTEGRIS Health, Inc. for breach of contract, violation of the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act,…
Date: June 19, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 52
Docket Number: SCBD-3490
Date: June 19, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 53
Docket Number: SCBD-4553
Date: June 19, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 50
Docket Number: SCBD-6395
Date: June 19, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 51
Docket Number: SCBD-6396
Date: June 13, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 49
Docket Number: 115203
Justia Opinion Summary: Armor Correctional Health Services, Inc., sued the Board of County Commissioners of Oklahoma County (County) for payment of medical services provided to prisoners and detainees in the Oklahoma County Jail. County…
Date: June 6, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 48
Docket Number: 115302
Justia Opinion Summary: Replevin is not the only remedy to recover that is no longer needed as evidence. An inmate acting pro se filed a pleading in his criminal case, seeking return of a computer, a photo camera and a movie camera, alleging…
Date: June 5, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 47
Docket Number: SCBD-2109
Date: June 5, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 46
Docket Number: SCBD-6512
Date: May 30, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 44
Docket Number: SCBD-6510
Date: May 30, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 45
Docket Number: SCBD-6511
Date: May 16, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 42
Docket Number: 114082
Justia Opinion Summary: Parents sued medical providers for injuries sustained during their child's birth, alleging negligence. The trial court granted summary judgment to defendant Mercy Health Center. Plaintiffs appealed, arguing the trial…
Date: May 16, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 40
Docket Number: 114126
Justia Opinion Summary: The Oklahoma Supreme Court granted certiorari in this case to consider whether Appellant Kaye Beach sufficiently established that her "religiously motivated practice has been substantially burdened," because she was…
Date: May 16, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 43
Docket Number: SCBD-6261
Date: May 15, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 41
Date: May 9, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 36
Docket Number: 111489
Justia Opinion Summary: Stephens Production Company sought to condemn underground natural gas storage easements and surface easements to complete an underground natural gas storage facility on and underneath approximately 900 acres of mostly…
Date: May 9, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 37
Docket Number: 114417
Justia Opinion Summary: The trial court granted the request of a wholesaler of veterinary prescription drugs to set aside a final order of the Oklahoma Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners (“Vet Board”) wherein the Board ordered the wholesaler…
Date: May 9, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 38
Date: May 2, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 34
Docket Numbers: 113414, No. 113414, No. 113415
Date: May 2, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 35
Docket Number: 114123
Justia Opinion Summary: Shonda Brisco entered into an employment agreement with Oklahoma State University, which provided that she would be reappointed contingent on her job performance. She was not reappointed and successfully brought suit for…
Date: April 24, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 32
Date: April 18, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 31
Docket Number: SCBD-6326
Date: April 11, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 28
Docket Number: SCBD-6365
Date: April 11, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 29
Docket Number: SCBD-6413
Date: April 11, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 30
Docket Number: SCBD-6420
Date: April 4, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 27
Docket Numbers: 113197, (Companion w/113857)
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Jennifer Boatman, now Walls (Mother), and Appellee Nick Boatman (Father) married in 2004. They have a single child, a daughter, born in 2005. The parties divorced in 2007, and equally shared time with their…
Date: March 28, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 23
Docket Number: SCBD-6352
Date: March 28, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 24
Docket Number: SCBD-6368
Date: March 28, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 26
Docket Number: SCBD-6469
Date: March 21, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 22
Docket Number: 114364
Justia Opinion Summary: R.V. Bebout died testate on March 30, 1980, as a resident of Tarrant County, Texas. His Last Will and Testament, dated March 8, 1977, was admitted in the Probate Court of Tarrant County, Texas. At the time of his death,…
Date: March 20, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 21
Date: March 7, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 20
Docket Number: 113890
Justia Opinion Summary: A delay of approximately sixteen months occurred between the arrest of the plaintiff-appellee Nathan Nichols, Jr. for driving under the influence and the administrative hearing resulting in revocation of his driver's…
Date: March 6, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 18
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Date: February 28, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 17
Docket Number: 113752
Justia Opinion Summary: Employee-appellant Tracy Meeks sued an insurer for bad faith refusal to timely comply with several orders of the Workers' Compensation Court awarding employee temporary total disability benefits after the insurer,…
Date: February 28, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 16
Docket Number: 114076
Justia Opinion Summary: The question presented to the Oklahoma Supreme Court by this case was whether the district court abused its discretion when it denied Appellant's (Biological Mother) second motion for reconsideration. In 2013, the…
Date: February 22, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 12
Docket Number: 113135
Justia Opinion Summary: Prior to filing condemnation proceedings the Appellee Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) offered Appellants, Cedars Group, L.L.C., A. Sam Coury and Bush, Ltd. d/b/a Deer Creek Texaco, (collectively, Coury…
Date: February 22, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 13
Docket Number: 113609
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Rodney Stanley Brown was employed by Respondent Claims Management Resources (CMR) as a claims adjuster. Brown suffered personal injury to his left knee. At the time Brown was injured, he finished his workday,…
Date: February 22, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 14
Docket Number: 114872
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Century Surety Company (Century) issued a Commercial Lines Policy to Plaintiff Siloam Springs Hotel, L.L.C. (Siloam). This policy included general liability insurance coverage of Siloam's hotel in Siloam…
Date: February 22, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 15
Docket Number: 115182
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant John Doe filed suit against Appellees, a church and its minister, alleging torts and breach of contract after he was baptized and notice of his baptism was published on the internet, resulting in his alleged…
Date: February 14, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 11
Docket Number: 115252
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-appellant Malinda Falcone brought an insurance claim against defendants-appellees for payment of her emergency room medical expenses. Her claim was made pursuant to the Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist (UM)…
Date: February 7, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 10
Docket Number: SCBD-6356
Date: January 24, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 7
Docket Number: 113748
Justia Opinion Summary: After the Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision (Board) began investigating plaintiff-appellant, Dr. Steven Anagnost, he filed a lawsuit against several doctors and their professional companies…
Date: January 18, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 5
Docket Number: 114452
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants Bruce Schultz and Jared Bruce mutually sought to vacate their adult adoption granted ten years prior. The issue in this case was whether the trial court lacked authority to vacate an adult adoption where both…
Date: January 17, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 2
Docket Number: 115321
Date: January 17, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 3
Docket Number: 115424
Justia Opinion Summary: The administrator of a decedent's estate appealed an interlocutory district court order compelling the administrator to file a federal estate tax return for the decedent's estate and elect portability of the Deceased…
Date: January 17, 2017
Citation: 2017 OK 4
Docket Number: SCBD-6478
