NICHOLS v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

No. 56929.

631 P.2d 746 (1981)

Troy L. NICHOLS, Administrator of the Estate of John Lee Nichols, deceased, Plaintiff, v. The DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS of the State of Oklahoma; Larry Meachum; Alfred Murphy; B.G. Smith and Federal Laboratories, Inc., a corporation, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

July 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O.A. Cargill, Jr., Cargill & Willits Law Firm, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff.

Jan Eric Cartwright, Atty. Gen., Manville T. Buford, Janet L. Cox, Asst. Attys. Gen., Oklahoma City, for Department of Corrections of the State of Oklahoma, defendant.

B.J. Cooper, Oklahoma City, for Larry Meachum, Alfred Murphy, and B.G. Smith, defendants.

Harry R. Palmer, Jr., Oklahoma City, for Federal Laboratories, Inc., defendant.


HARGRAVE, Justice.

The United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma has certified two questions of law to the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma pursuant to the provisions of 20 O.S. 1980 § 1601 et seq. An abridged statement of facts necessary to illustrate the nature of the controversy is embodied in the order of certification forwarded to this Court. Those facts disclose the plaintiff...

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