McCathern v. City of Oklahoma City

OPALA, V.C.J.

¶ 1 This certiorari presses two questions for our decision: (1) Did the terms of 51 O.S. Supp.1984 § 155(13), the Governmental Tort Claims Act (GTCA), which is urged to have enlarged the range of government’s immunity from liability for negligent inspections, also alter the common-law principles of liability that bind the government? and (2) Did the trial judge err by giving summary judgment to the city? We answer the first question in the negative and the second in the affirmative.

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ANATOMY OF THE LITIGATION

¶2 Deborah McCathern (McCathern or appellant) alleges injuries sustained…