N.H. v. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.)

No. 92953.

998 P.2d 592 (1999)

1999 OK 88

N.H., a minor, et al., Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.), an unincorporated association, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

November 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael M. Blue, John M. Merritt, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, For Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Graydon Dean Luthey, Jr. Tulsa, Oklahoma, For Defendant/Appellee.

John B. Jarboe, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mark E. Chopko, General Counsel, Michael F. Moses, Assistant General Counsel, United States Catholic Conference, Washington, D.C., For Amici Curiae.


¶ 1 KAUGER, J.:

¶ 2 We retained this cause to consider,1 under the facts presented: 1) whether respondeat superior liability may be imposed against the defendant/appellee, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (national organization), for tortious acts of its minister, Robert Bruce Brigden (Brigden); 2) whether the national organization is liable for negligence in hiring, retaining or...

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