Rake v. City of Tulsa

BLACKBIRD, Vice Chief Justice.

This appeal concerns the matter of whether or not a city is liable for the tort of one of its employees. Plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, was a passenger in an automobile when it collided, at a Tulsa city intersection, with a panel truck belonging to said City’s Fire Department, and driven by one Jackie Dean Martin, one of said Department’s employees, while in the course of performing one of the duties of his position, viz., going from one of said City’s fire stations, to another, inspecting and checking each’s radio equipment to see that…