GRIGGS v. STATE EX REL. OKL. DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 60656.

702 P.2d 1017 (1985)

Samuel GRIGGS and Tillie Louise Griggs, husband and wife, Appellants, v. STATE of Oklahoma, ex rel. OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

July 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Blevins, Pryor, for appellants.

Norman N. Hill, Oklahoma City, for appellee.


OPALA, Justice.

The issue for decision is whether this court's pronouncement in Vanderpool v. State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma Historical Society1 should be modified to make it applicable to all cases that were pending on appeal at the time Vanderpool was handed down. Vanderpool, which abrogated the judicially-evolved doctrine of governmental immunity, applies retrospectively...

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