Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals

Decisions ELIAS v. CITY OF TULSA2022 OK CIV APP 18, 119526Decided: 09/17/2021Mandate Issued: 05/25/2022 ¶1 Jeff Elias (“Appellant”) seeks review of an Order Affirming Decision of Administrative Law Judge by the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission En Banc (“Commission”) . The issues here are: (1) whether the Order denying Appellant monetary benefits was based on the…

PEVETO v. PEVETO 2022 OK CIV APP 7, 119497Decided 02/22/2022 ¶1 Plaintiff/Appellee Burl Peveto (Husband) sued his former wife Defendant/Appellant Lori Peveto (Wife) seeking partition of the house they once owned in joint tenancy with rights of survivorship. While married, the ownership of the house alternated between joint tenancy and Wife as the sole owner.…

Decisions BCE-MACH v. ROACH2022 OK CIV APP 5, 119557Decided 06/29/2021Mandate Issued: 03/09/2022 ¶1 The parties dispute whether the location, use, and actual necessity of disposal wells exempts the disposal wells at issue from ad valorem taxation. Oklahoma Supreme Court precedent in Cumberland Operating Co. v. Ogez , 1988 OK 14 , 769 P.2d 105 ,…

Decisions RCB BANK v. STITT2022 OK CIV APP 3Case Number: 117835; Consol w/116548 116551Decided: 01/05/2021Mandate Issued: 03/03/2022THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, DIVISION II ¶1 Kent Stitt (Kent) and Kent D. Stitt as Trustee of the 186th St. Land Trust #3240 (Trust) along with M. Keith Stitt & Associates (Keith), appeal the…

Decisions MCCLEARY v. CITY OF BROKEN ARROW BD. OF ADJUSTMENT 2022 OK CIV APP 2, 118994Decided 12/17/2021 ¶1 Defendant/Appellant, City of Broken Arrow Board of Adjustment (Board), appeals from an order reversing its denial of a variance sought by Plaintiff/Appellee, Lois McCleary, to allow her to store her recreational vehicle (RV) in her driveway in…