Legal Opinion
Griggs v. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided July 2, 1985No. 60656PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPALA, Justice.
The issue for decision is whether this court’s pronouncement in Vanderpool v. State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma Historical Society 1 should be modified to make it applicable to all cases that were pending on appeal at the time Vanderpool was handed down. Vanderpool, which abrogated the judicially-evolved doctrine of governmental immunity, applies retrospectively only to the plaintiff in that ease and prospectively only to claims arising after 12:01 a.m., October 1, 1985. We answer in the negative and affirm the trial court’s judgment.
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