GRISHAM v. CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY

Case Number: 112786.

404 P.3d 843 (2017)

2017 OK 69

Brent and Deborrah GRISHAM, Individually and as husband and wife; and Dan and Lee Rutledge, Individually and as husband and wife, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. The CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Decided: September 18, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Waldron , Walker and Walker, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.1

Matthew Collins , Assistant Municipal Counselor, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for Defendant/Appellee.


¶ 1 This dispute is whether the term "claim" used in the Governmental Tort Claims Act (51 O.S. 151-172) when giving notice to a defendant should be construed as the same as a "claim" for the purpose of pleading in an Oklahoma District Court? The short answer to this question is, yes, they are construed the same except when the...

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