SMITH v. ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY

No. 62785.

732 P.2d 450 (1986)

Mary Ann SMITH, surviving spouse of Charles Scott Smith, deceased, Appellant, v. ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY, a corporation; the Directory Associates, Ltd., a limited partnership; the City of Tulsa, a municipal corporation; and Eleanor L. Davis, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Modified on Rehearing February 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary A. Eaton, Tulsa, for appellant.

Martha Rupp Carter, Asst. City Atty., City of Tulsa, for appellee, the City of Tulsa.

Richard M. Eldridge, Rhodes, Hieronymus, Jones, Tucker & Gable, Tulsa, for appellees, Oral Roberts University and The Directory Associates, Ltd.


ALMA WILSON, Justice;

Certiorari to the opinion of the Court of Appeals was granted only on petition of the appellee, City of Tulsa, to consider whether the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act, 51 O.S. 1981 § 151, et seq., exempts the City of Tulsa from liability in this wrongful death action.

The widow of Charles Smith alleged in the alternative that her husband's death was the result of the City's...

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