WEBER v. MOBIL OIL CORP.

No. 106,241.

243 P.3d 1 (2010)

2010 OK 33

Mel Jean WEBER, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Tom Ruble; Donald Claussen; and Zelma Beers, Individually and as Class Representatives, Plaintiffs/Appellees, Coleen Mannering; Charles Kenneth Dodson, Trustee of the Charles Kenneth Dodson Revocable Trust Dated the 17th day of April, 1998; and Don Garner, Individually and as Class Representatives, Intervenor Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, a corporation; Exxonmobil Oil Corporation, a corporation; Mobil Exploration And Producing, North American, Inc., a corporation; Mobil Exploration and Producing, U.S., a corporation; and Mobil Natural Gas, Inc., a corporation, Defendants/Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied December 6, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Griffin , L. Mark Walker , Crowe & Dunlevy, P.C., Oklahoma City, OK, Patton G. Lochridge , McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Brian S. Engel , Barrett, Burke, Wilson, Castle, Daffin, Frappier & Engel, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Defendants/Appellants.

C.B. Graft , Clinton, OK, Jeremy A. Thurman , Napoli Bern, L.L.P., Robert D. Tomlinson , Kenneth N. McKinney , Tomlinson & O'Connell, P.C., Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiffs/Appellees and Intervenor Plaintiffs/Appellees.


WATT, J.:

¶ 1 We granted certiorari to address a single issue: whether the claims of fraud, deceit, constructive fraud, and punitive damages are appropriate for class certification? The facts reveal that: the majority of the royalty owners appear to be Oklahoma citizens; Mobil made representations as to the appropriate payments in Oklahoma; the representations were made and acted upon primarily in Oklahoma but also in other states; Mobil made the representations...

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