Legal Opinion
Smith v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 18, 1994No. 80160PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAUGER, Justice:
The issue presented is whether the trial court, giving full faith and credit 1 to the Arkansas judgment, properly granted summary judgment. We find that because the Arkansas judgment is entitled to full faith and credit, summary judgment was properly granted.
FACTS
On November 11,1989, in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, a vehicle owned by Genevieve Smith (decedent), and driven by Wanda L. Lindley (the Arkansas driver), collided with a vehicle driven by Daryl Wayne Jones (the Oklahoma driver). Because a stop sign was no longer standing, the Arkansas driver failed to stop at an…
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