BEASON v. I. E. MILLER SERVICES, INC.

No. 114,301.

441 P.3d 1107 (2019)

2019 OK 28

James Todd BEASON and Dara Beason, Plaintiffs/Appellants/Counter-Appellees, v. I. E. MILLER SERVICES, INC., Defendant/Appellee/Counter-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

FILED April 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ed Abel , Lynn B. Mares , Kelly S. Bishop , and T. Luke Abel , Abel Law Firm, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Valerie M. Nannery , pro hac vice, and Robert S. Peck , pro hac vice, Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., Washington, D.C., for James Todd Beason and Dara Beason, Plaintiffs/Appellants/Counter-Appellees.

Robert Todd Goolsby , Perry E. Kaufman , and Megan C. Lee , Goolsby, Proctor, Heefner and Gibbs, P.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for I. E. Miller Services, Inc., Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Mithun Mansinghani , Solicitor General, and Sarah A. Greenwalt , Assistant Solicitor General, Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for the State of Oklahoma.

Amy Sherry Fischer , Foliart Huff Ottaway & Bottom, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Mark Alan Behrens , pro hac vice, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae, American Tort Reform Association, NFIB Small Business Legal Center, and Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc.

Rex Travis and Paul Kouri , Travis Law Office, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Simone Gosnell Fulmer , Fulmer Group PLLC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Amicus Curiae, Oklahoma Association for Justice.

Erin A. Renegar and Carline J. Lewis , Wiggins, Sewell & Ogletree, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Amicus Curiae, Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel.

V. Glenn Coffee and Denise K. Lawson , Glenn Coffee & Associates, PLLC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Amici Curiae, Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc., and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.


¶ 1 At issue is the constitutionality of a legislative enactment—23 O.S. 2011 § 61.2—that statutorily limits a plaintiff's recovery of noneconomic damages to $350,000 unless special findings are made. In this case, the trial court significantly reduced the jury's award based on its application of 23 O.S. 2011 §...

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