WHITEHEAD v. CITY OF TULSA

No. 52990.

614 P.2d 65 (1980)

Eddie Lee WHITEHEAD, Appellee, v. CITY OF TULSA, a Municipal Corporation, and Mark Andrew Andrus, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

July 1, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Vestal, Tulsa, for appellee.

Waldo F. Bales, City Atty. by Robert L. Roark, Asst. City Atty., Tulsa, for appellants.


DOOLIN, Justice:

As a result of an automobile accident involving defendant Andrus, a police officer for the City of Tulsa (City), plaintiff filed the present suit for damages in the amount of $8,660.35. City counterclaimed for $770.02 for damages to the police car.

The case was tried to a jury under Oklahoma's comparative negligence statutes, 23 O.S. 1976 Supp. § 11. Neither party objected to the court's instructions...

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