Legal Opinion
Propst v. Alexander
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided May 30, 1995No. 83355PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAUGER, Vice Chief Justice:
The question presented is whether the trial court erred in granting a new trial. A trial court’s decision to grant a new trial will not be reversed on appeal unless it is shown that the trial court materially and manifestly erred beyond all reasonable doubt. We find that it did not.
FACTS
On December 11, 1990, Thomas Alexander (Alexander/the customer) took his car to a gas station in Bristow, Oklahoma, to have the spark plugs changed. The gas station’s me chanic, Lowell Ray Propst (Propst/the mechanic) directed the customer to back his car into the service bay of the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Dodson v. Henderson Properties, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1985
- Horn v. SturmSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1965
- Pratt v. WomackSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1961
- Houston v. PettigrewSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1960
- Bishop's Restaurants, Inc. of Tulsa v. WhombleSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1960
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3Cited by22 opinions
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