Legal Opinion
Heffron v. District Court of Oklahoma County
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 13, 2003No. 98,881PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLavender, J.
T1 This cause presents a discovery dispute in a suit brought by plaintiff/petitioner, William C. Heffron against defendant/real party in interest respondent, Illinois Emeas-co Insurance Company. 1 Although the suit-initiating trial court petition is not before us, it appears he sues to recover on an insurance policy (contract theory) and for bad faith denial of his insurance claim (tort theory) regarding a building owned by him after it was destroyed by fire. 2 He requests our assumption of original jurisdiction to, in effect, overturn two trial court orders. Taken together the orders rule…
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