Legal Opinion
Thiry v. Armstrong World Industries
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 22, 1983No. 57815PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOOLIN, Justice:
The United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma has certified two questions of law to the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma pursuant to the provisions of 20 O.S.Supp.1980 § 1601 et seq. As certified those questions are:
1. Is a plaintiff under Oklahoma law permitted to allege and prove exemplary and punitive damages as an element of damage in an alleged manufacturers’ product liability case?
2. If so, what must be the character of evidence to submit the punitive or exemplary damages to the trier of fact (i.e., willful, wanton, reckless, intentional,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Kirkland v. General Motors CorporationSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1974
- G. D. Searle & Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1975
- Dayton Hudson Corp. v. American Mutual Liability Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- Smith v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- Moore v. Jewel Tea Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1969
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3Cited by61 opinions
- James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Uptegraft v. Home Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1983
- Camille Deloach v. Mitzi BeversCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Fischer v. Johns-Manville Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1986
- Charlette A. Karns, Individually, and as Mother and Next Friend of Donald Wayne Pearce v. Emerson Electric Co., a Missouri CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
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