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HUGHEY v. GRAND RIVER DAM AUTHORITY

Nos. 78183, 79649.

897 P.2d 1138 (1995)

Richard A. HUGHEY, Administrator of the Estate of Rachel Ann Hughey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The GRAND RIVER DAM AUTHORITY, a public Oklahoma corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Carl Mack GLIDEWELL, Administrator of the Estate of Larry Mack Glidewell, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The GRAND RIVER DAM AUTHORITY, a public Oklahoma corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected June 1, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel B. Gossett and Cheryl Bisbee, Stipe, Gossett, Stipe, Harper, Estes, McCune & Parks, Tulsa, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John F. McCormick, Jr., William A. Caldwell, Pray, Walker, Jackman, Williamson & Marlar, Tulsa, and Waldo F. Bales and Allen Pease, Gen. Counsel, Grand River Dam Authority, Vinita, for defendant-appellee.

OPALA, Justice.

Certiorari was granted to resolve the first-impression public-law issue whether the Grand River Dam Authority — a public entity1 — may claim the cloak of tort immunity from premises liability afforded by Oklahoma's Recreational Land Use Act? We answer in the affirmative.

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