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McGAHA v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIV. OF OKL.

No. 58222.

691 P.2d 895 (1984)

Grace Fay McGAHA, Arnold Ray McGaha, Nancy Rae McGaha, a minor child By and Through her father and next friend, Arnold Ray McGaha, Appellants, v. The BOARD OF REGENTS OF the UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

November 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Rodney Palmer, Oklahoma City, for appellants.

Stanley M. Ward, Kent F. Ockershauser, Susan Gail Seamans, Norman, for appellee.

KAUGER, Justice.

The questions presented on appeal are whether the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma is insulated from tort liability because of the doctrine of sovereign immunity, whether legislative authority to purchase liability insurance results in a waiver of the Board's immunity, and whether denial by this Court of a writ of prohibition is a prior judicial determination of the questions. We find that the doctrine of sovereign immunity is a bar...

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