Legal Opinion
Skelton Ex Rel. Skelton v. Sinclair Refining Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided June 19, 1962No. 39181PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACKSON, Justice.
In the trial court, plaintiff Carolyn Skelton, a minor, by and through her father and next friend, sued defendants Sinclair Refining Company and Warren W. Rim-mer, d/b/a Rimmer Service Station, for damages sustained when she was burned in the rest room of the Rimmer Service Station at Marlow, Oklahoma.
The service station had been designed and built by Sinclair, who had leased the premises to Rimmer, the operator. The accident occurred when Carolyn’s dress caught fire after she got too close to a radiant-type wall heater in the rest room.
Prior to trial, defendants’ separate…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- City of Tulsa v. HarmanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1931
- Aycock v. HarrimanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1939
- Kelso v. Independent Tank CompanySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1960
- St. Louis-S. F. Ry. Co. v. GilbertSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1939
- Kenney v. Washington Properties, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Henryetta Construction Co. v. HarrisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1965
- Bennett v. City National Bank and Trust CompanyCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1976
- JJ Newberry Company v. LancasterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1964
- Maudie Weaver and Harold v. Weaver v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
- Herndon Ex Rel. Herndon v. PaschalSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1966
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