POST OAK OIL CO. v. STACK & BARNES, P.C.

No. 81498.

913 P.2d 1311 (1996)

POST OAK OIL COMPANY, an Oklahoma Corporation, Appellant, v. STACK & BARNES, P.C., an Oklahoma Professional Corporation, and Joseph R. Dancy, Esq., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Shallcross, Brewster, Shallcross & De Angelis, Tulsa, for Appellant.

Murray E. Abowitz, Norman Lemonik, Abowitz, Welch & Rhodes, Oklahoma City, for Appellees.


SIMMS, Justice:

Post Oak Oil Company (Post Oak) appeals the summary judgment granted in favor of Joseph R. Dancy and Stack & Barnes, P.C., collectively referred to as Defendants. The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment.

We granted certiorari to address Post Oak's claim that the Oklahoma courts currently use a subjective standard for legal malpractice instead of an objective "reasonable lawyer" standard. However...

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