WEST v. BD. OF COUNTY COM'RS OF PAWNEE CTY.

No. 108,960.

273 P.3d 31 (2011)

2011 OK 104

Charles WEST, Personal Representative of the Estate of Angela Schreiner, Deceased, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PAWNEE COUNTY, Defendant/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derek S.A. Lawrence , Derek S.A. Lawrence, PLLC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for plaintiff/appellee.

Eric D. Cotton , Collins, Zorn, & Wagner, P.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for defendant/appellant.


WATT, J.:

¶ 1 We granted certiorari for the sole purpose of determining whether the trial court erred in granting a motion for new trial where the jury awarded damages of $13,663.00 in a wrongful death action to the estate of a mother leaving behind five minor children. In so doing, we emphasize that Clark v. Bearden, 1995 OK 71, 903 P.2d 309 supports the granting of a new trial where the inadequacy or excessiveness of...

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