White v. City of Lawton

DAVISON, Justice.

This is an appeal by William D. White (plaintiff) from an order of the lower court sustaining the demurrer of City of Lawton, Oklahoma, (defendant) to plaintiff’s amended petition and dismissing plaintiff’s action. The parties will be referred to as they appeared below.

Plaintiff instituted this action to recover compensatory damages for personal injuries suffered when he fell from defendant’s truck.

The pertinent allegations of plaintiff’s amended petition were that he was an employee of the police department of the defendant and immediately prior to the injuries was directed…