Legal Opinion
Van Wart v. Cook
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided December 2, 1976No. 48593PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNOLDS, Presiding Judge.
The plaintiff, Richard Joseph Van Wart, appealed a judgment on a verdict for the defendant, Linda Starr Cook, in a personal injury action, on the ground the trial court erred in failing to determine as a matter of law that the defendant did not assume the status of a parent to the plaintiff, therefore the immunity of the in loco parentis doctrine did not extend to her; and in the alternative, that the trial court did not correctly state the test of the doctrine in the instructions to the jury.
The plaintiff alleged in his petition that on March 21, 1972, he was a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Stumpf v. MontgomerySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- Tucker v. TuckerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1964
- Reinhart & Donovan Co. v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1942
- Workman v. WorkmanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1972
- Wooden v. HaleSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1967
3Cited by11 opinions
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