Ring v. Public Service Co. of Oklahoma

I dissent to the majority’s opinion for the following reasons: (1) Title 63 O.S.1981 § 984 affects substantial rights of the public at large and presents issues of due process which are ignored by the majority opinion; (2) The power company’s alleged “independent” third-party action was improperly joined with plaintiff’s negligence suit, thereby injecting extraneous issues into that suit, not germane to the adjudication of the plaintiff’s negligence claim; (3) Title 63 O.S.1981 § 984 unconstitutionally operates to grant to owners and operators of power lines a private penalty for breach of an…