BOUZIDEN v. ALFALFA ELEC. CO-OP., INC.

No. 90,622.

16 P.3d 450 (2000)

2000 OK 50

Rosemary BOUZIDEN, Steve Bouziden, David Bouziden, Chris Bouziden, Eddie Kletke, Jeff Kletke, Lee Brandt, Norman Schaeffer, Bryce T. Benson, Keith Rose, David Wolgamott, Dennis Meyer, Elmer Meyer, Harold Lohmann, Randy Lohmann, Don Hughes, Bruce Sternberger, Leon Sternberger, Lloyd Sutton, Bar Boot Ranch, Inc., Brent Diel, Berta Diel, and Pearl Marie McMurphy, individually and as trustee of the Don McMurphy Trust, for themselves and as class representatives for all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. ALFALFA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied September 26, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.W. "Bill" Shaw, Matthew Neill Davis, Larry D. Lahman, Mitchell & DeClerck, P.L.L.C., Enid, Oklahoma, Donald L. Benson, Morford & Benson, Alva Oklahoma, Edward E. Sutter, Alva, Oklahoma, and Thomas G. Blakley, Blakley Law Firm, Enid, Oklahoma, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Ronald D. Wood, Richard T. McGonigle, Kevin S. Hoskins, Wood & McGonigle, P.L.L.C., Tulsa Oklahoma, for Defendant/Appellee.

Larry Derryberry, Patrick D. Shore, Derryberry, Quigley, Solomon & Naifeh, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperative, amicus curiae, on certiorari.


BOUDREAU, Justice:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from a judgment on a jury verdict in favor of defendant, Alfalfa Electric Cooperative, Inc. (AEC), in a negligence suit, certified as a class action. Plaintiffs, Rosemary Bouziden, et al., as individuals and representatives of approximately 150 families (plaintiffs), sought damages for loss of property due to a wildfire that spread over some 80,000 acres. Three questions are presented...

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