2021
Courts and More: May 26, 2021
Vol. 1 | No. 21 | May 26, 2021 Oklahoma Supreme Court JOHNSON v. MIDWEST CITY DEL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2021 OK 29, 118088 Decided 05/25/2021 ¶ 0 Darlene Johnson, Appellant, was a school cafeteria worker who sought treatment and compensation from her employer for injuries sustained from a fall inside the employer’s parking lot.…
Read MoreCourts and More: May 19, 2021
Vol. 1 | No. 20 | May 19, 2021 Oklahoma Supreme Court HOWELL’S WELL SERVICE v. FOCUS GROUP ADVISORS 2021 OK 25, 117804 Decided 05/18/2021 ¶0 Plaintiffs/Appellees filed suit alleging various claims stemming from the parties’ investment relationships. Nearly seventeen months after they filed their answer in which they omitted arbitration as an affirmative defense,…
Read MoreCourts and More: May 12, 2021
Vol. 1 | No. 19 | May 12, 2021 Oklahoma Supreme Court No published opinions this week. Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals BENCH v. STATE 2021 OK CR 12, PCD-2015-698 Decided 05/06/2021 ¶1 Miles Sterling Bench was tried by jury and convicted of First Degree Murder in the District Court of Stephens County, Case…
Read MoreCourts and More: May 5, 2021
Vol. 1 | No. 18 | May 5, 2021 Oklahoma Supreme Court IN RE AMENDMENT OF RULES 1.4 AND 1.23 OF OKLA. SUPREME COURT RULES 2021 OK 23, SCAD-2021-15 Decided 05/03/2021 Rules 1.4, 12 O.S. Supp. 2020, ch. 15, app. 1, and 1.23, 12 O.S. Supp. 2020, ch. 15, app. 1, of the Oklahoma Supreme…
Read MoreCourts and More: April 28, 2021
Vol. 1 | No. 17 | April 28, 2021 Oklahoma Supreme Court No published opinions this week. Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals DETAR v. STATE 2021 OK CR 9, F-2019-351 Decided 04/22/2021 ¶1 Appellant, Justin Cecil Detar, was convicted by a jury of lewd or indecent proposals to a child under sixteen, after conviction of…
Read MoreCourts and More: Apr 21, 2021
Vol. 1 | No. 16 | April 21, 2021 Oklahoma Supreme Court STRACK v. CONTINENTAL RESOURCES 2021 OK 21, 117276 Decided 04/20/2021 ¶0 Objector Daniel McClure appealed a $19 million attorney fee award and a $400,000 incentive award in a class action suit. The district court calculated the attorney fee amount using the percentage-of-common-fund method…
Read MoreCourts and More: April 14, 2021
Vol. 1 | No. 15 | April 14, 2021 Oklahoma Supreme Court FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE v. CITY OF NORMAN 2021 OK 20, 119296 Decided 04/13/2021 ¶0 Plaintiff filed a petition for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief, claiming that Defendant violated city ordinance and the Open Meeting Act, 25 O.S.2011, §§ 301 –314. Both parties…
Read MoreCourts and More: April 7, 2021
Vol. 1 | No. 14 | April 7, 2021 Oklahoma Supreme Court IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DOWNING 2021 OK 17, 118589 Decided 04/06/2021 ¶ 0 A dispute arose concerning control over a deceased individual’s remains. The trial court ruled that testimony regarding Decedent’s purchase of a burial plot and gravestone in 1966…
Read MoreCourts and More: March 31, 2021
Vol. 1 | No. 13 | March 31, 2021 Oklahoma Supreme Court FRAZIER v. BRUCE 2021 OK 14, 119251 Decided 03/29/2021 ¶1 Petitioner Mia Frazier sought to disqualify Tulsa County District Court Judge Tammy Bruce after Judge Bruce granted a continuance to a hearing on Ms. Frazier’s motion to enforce visitation. Ms. Frazier’s motion to…
Read MoreCourts and More: March 24, 2021
Vol. 1 | No. 12 | March 24, 2021 Oklahoma Supreme Court IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHESTER 2021 OK 12, 118018 Decided 03/23/2021 ¶0 The decedent, Buddy Wayne Chester, wrote a holographic will leaving everything to his grandson, Brandon Strouder Chester. The will neglected to mention the decedent’s son, Steven Chester and…
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