Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. State Insurance Fund v. JOA, Inc.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 8, 2003No. 96,157PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSummers, J.
T1 The controversy involves an action brought by the State Insurance Fund 1 against JOA, Inc., d/b/a J & A Peanut Company (JOA) for workers' compensation insurance premiums. The matter went to bench trial in the District Court of Oklahoma County, and the court granted a judgment in favor of defendant JOA. Thereafter JOA filed a motion for attorney's fees and costs based upon 12 0.$.2001 §§ 986 and 941. The State Insurance Fund responded by arguing that sovereign immunity barred any award of attorney's fees against it except when this immunity was removed. The Fund argued that its immunity had…
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