DEWEESE v. PATTERSON UTI DRILLING CO.

No. 101,686.

229 P.3d 540 (2010)

2010 OK 10

Donald Earl DEWEESE and Pamela Deweese, Plaintiffs/Appellees/Petitioners, v. PATTERSON UTI DRILLING COMPANY, a Limited Partnership, Defendant/Appellant/Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected February 11, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Liles, Aaron R. Sims, Liles & Sims, P.L.L.C., Woodward, Oklahoma, for Plaintiffs/Appellees.

Richard E. Hornbeek, Kevin E. Krahl, James S. Daniel, Hornbeek, Krahl Vitali & Braun, P.L.L.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Defendants/Appellants.


EDMONDSON, C.J.

¶ 1 The issue on certiorari is whether the Court of Civil Appeals erred when it reversed the judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs, Donald Deweese and his wife, Pamela, because the trial court instructed on res ipsa loquitur.1 Plaintiffs contend the appellate court reached its erroneous decision by weighing the evidence and substituting its judgment on contested factual matters for that...

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