HAMILTON v. NORTHFIELD INS. CO.

No. 117,707.

473 P.3d 22 (2020)

2020 OK 28

Billy HAMILTON, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. NORTHFIELD INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Filed May 5, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kris Ted Ledford , Ledford Law Firm, Owasso, Oklahoma, for Plaintiff/Appellant Billy Hamilton.

R. Stratton Taylor , Darrell W. Downs , and Jacob R. Daniel , Taylor Foster Mallett Downs Ramsey & Russell, P.C., Claremore, Oklahoma, for Defendant/Appellee Northfield Insurance Company.

J. Drew Houghton , Merlin Law Group, P.A., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Simone G. Fulmer , Fulmer Sill, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Timothy B. Hummell , Hummell Law Firm, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Rex Travis , Travis Law Office, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Amicus Curiae, Oklahoma Association for Justice.


¶1 The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit certified to this Court two questions of law:

1. In determining which is the prevailing party under 36 O.S. § 3629(B), should a court consider settlement offers made by the insurer outside the sixty- (formerly, ninety-) day window for making such offers pursuant...

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