PANOLA INDEPENDENT SCH. v. UNIT PETROLEUM

No. 107,935. Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1.

287 P.3d 1033 (2012)

2012 OK CIV APP 94

PANOLA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4; Michael Kilpatrick, Gwen Grego; Carla Lessel; Thelma Christine Pate; Juanita Golightly; Melody Culberson; and Charlotte Abernathy, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. UNIT PETROLEUM COMPANY, Defendant/Appellant.

Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1.

Certiorari Denied October 8, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry J. Barker , Joseph C. Woltz , Robert N. Lawrence , Pezold Barker & Woltz, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Plaintiffs/Appellees.

Dennis C. Cameron , Bradley W. Welsh , Mia Vahlberg , GableGotwals, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendant/Appellant.


LARRY JOPLIN, Vice-Chief Judge.

¶ 1 Defendant/Appellant, Unit Petroleum Company (Unit), seeks review of the trial court's order certifying this matter as a class action. We hold Plaintiffs/Appellees (collectively Class Representatives) failed to show a class action is a superior method for adjudicating their claims. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court's order certifying a class.

¶ 2 Class Representatives filed their petition on December 18, 2007...

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