WATSON v. GIBSON CAPITAL, L.L.C.

No. 103,997.

187 P.3d 735 (2008)

2008 OK 56

Brent WATSON, Plaintiff/Appellee v. GIBSON CAPITAL, L.L.C., and David Gibson, Individually, Defendants/Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

June 17, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Thetford, Tony Laizure, Stipe, Harper, Laizure, Uselton, Belote, Maxcey & Thetford, Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Eugene Robinson, Kenneth M. Yates, The Robinson Law Firm, P.C., Tulsa, OK, for Defendants/Appellants.1


OPALA, J.

¶ 1 The dispositive issue on certiorari is whether a client, while represented by counsel of record, may file papers in an active case in which he is a party without the signature of his lawyer. We answer in the negative.

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THE ANATOMY OF LITIGATION

¶ 2 Brent Watson (Watson) brought an action on 22 March 2005 against David Gibson and Gibson Capital L.L.C. (collectively called Gibson) for damages to his property...

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