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CARY BY AND THROUGH CARY v. ONEOK, INC.

Nos. 81356, 81655.

940 P.2d 201 (1997)

1997 OK 60

Eric CARY, a minor, By and Through his mother and next friend Lorie S. CARY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ONEOK, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected on Denial of Rehearing July 1, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom King, King, Roberts & Beeler, Michael D. Lewis, Gary Peterson, Oklahoma City, for Plaintiff-Appellant Eric Cary.

D. Lynn Babb, G. Calvin Sharpe, Pierce, Couch, Hendrickson, Baysinger & Green, Oklahoma City, for Defendant-Appellee Oneok, Inc.

SUMMERS, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 The question is whether it was error to exclude a badly burned child from a portion of his damage suit trial because of his physical appearance. We hold that it was, and reverse.

¶ 2 Eric Cary is a boy who was severely burned when the water heater in the garage of his home exploded. He was trapped in the garage until rescued by his mother, and suffers from permanent disfigurement...

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