Hinson v. Cameron

with whom, DOOLIN, Chief Justice, and WILSON, Justice, join concurring in part and dissenting in part.

There are three things which particularly trouble me about the disposition of this case by the affirmance of the entry of summary judgment. The first is the attempt to distinguish Hall v. Farmers Ins. Exchange, 713 P.2d 1027, 1031 (Okla.1986), based on the majority’s status-based approach which characterizes the relationship at issue as “master-servant” as opposed to the “principal-agent” analysis utilized in Hall. Under Oklahoma’s revised at-will doctrine as promulgated in Hall, I see no…