SHOCKEY v. CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY

No. 54423.

632 P.2d 406 (1981)

Bill J. SHOCKEY and Marcia Shockey, Husband and Wife, Appellants, v. CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, State of Oklahoma, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

July 28, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent F. Frates, Ellis & Frates, Oklahoma City, for appellants.

Walter M. Powell, Municipal Counsellor by Mary Lu T. Gordon, Asst. Municipal Counselor, Oklahoma City, for appellee.


IRWIN, Chief Justice:

The issue presented is whether the Oklahoma Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act, 51 O.S.Supp. 1978, § 151 et seq., (specifically § 155(6)1) bars a tort action against a municipality for fire damages sustained which allegedly resulted from an inoperable fire hydrant? We answer in the affirmative.

Appellants, after exhausting the statutory claims filing...

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