WILSON v. GIPSON

No. 62087.

753 P.2d 1349 (1988)

Al WILSON; Norman Harding, Independent School District No. I-89, a public corporation; the Home Indemnity Company, a corporation; and Phelix Scott, Appellees, v. Teresa GIPSON, mother and next friend of Dominga Michelle Gipson, a minor; Wayne Johnston and Edith Johnston, parents and next friends of Carroll A. Johnston, a minor; Janet S. Bailey, mother and next friend of Troy L. Kelley, a minor; Jo Anne Livingston, mother and next friend of John David Livingston, a minor; Joseph Manora and Odessa R. Manora, parents and next friends of Kareen Ralon Manora, deceased; Sgt. James E. Lewis and Brenda Joyce Lewis, parents and next friends of Angela Martin, deceased; Selma Mosley, mother and next friend of Calvin J. Mosley, a minor; James J. Motes and Margaret Parton Motes, parents and next friends of Paul Clinton Motes, deceased; James J. Motes and Margaret Parton Motes, parents and next friends of James Warren Motes, a minor; Nadine Page, mother and next friend of Robert Page, a minor; Howard B. Pepper and Debra L. Pepper, parents and next friends of Stacy Peper, a minor; Richard McKnight and Cherry McKnight, parents and next friends of Marlow Tremaine Wallace, deceased; Shirley Ann Stoneking, mother and next friend of Lissa L. Woolsey, a minor; Shirley Ann Stoneking, mother and next friend of Meadow Woolsey, a minor, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

April 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gina L. Hendryx, John W. Norman, Inc., Oklahoma City, for appellants.

Edwin F. Garrison, Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hayes, Oklahoma City, for appellees.


SUMMERS, Justice.

On January 19, 1982, a hot water heater in the cafeteria at Star Elementary School in Spencer, Oklahoma, was malfunctioning. It exploded at approximately 12:15 P.M. while the children were eating lunch. Five children and one teacher died, and several other children were injured as a result of the explosion.

The parents of children injured and killed in the explosion filed suit against the Independent...

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