SHAFFER v. JEFFERY

Nos. 81275, 83219.

915 P.2d 910 (1996)

Robert SHAFFER, Denise Shaffer, Danny L. Childers, Jane A. Childers, Randy Garland, Robin Garland, Brad Turner, Robin Turner, Randall P. Robinson, and Carolyn P. Robinson, Appellants, v. Adam J. JEFFERY, and John Lampton Belt d/b/a John Lampton Belt & Associates, Appellees. Thomas P. GORESEN and Virginia J. Goresen, Appellants, v. Adam J. JEFFERY, and John Lampton Belt d/b/a John Lampton Belt & Associates, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray E. Abowitz, Norman Lemonik Abowitz, Welch, and Rhodes, Oklahoma City, for Appellee John Lampton Belt, d/b/a John Lampton Belt & Associates in Cause Nos. 81275 and 83219.

Cheryl P. Hunter, Daniel L. Pulter, Hammons & Hunter, Oklahoma City, for Appellants in Cause Nos. 83219 and 81275.


SUMMERS, Justice.

The plaintiffs are six couples, each of which was hopeful of adopting a child. The defendants are Adam J. Jeffery and his former law firm. It is alleged that Jeffery developed a pattern of collecting fees from couples wanting to adopt, in return for his assurances that a child would soon be available for adoption, replete with fictitious promises from non-existent birth mothers and status reports on imaginary...

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