Legal Opinion
Fehring v. State Insurance Fund
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 6, 2001No. 92,828PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLavender, J.
11 We decide whether the Governmental Tort Claims Act (GTCA), 51 0.98.1991, § 151 et seq., as amended, immunizes appellee, State Insurance Fund (SIF), from liability for the alleged post-award bad faith conduct of failure to timely pay a workers' compensation award. Like the trial judge, who gave summary judgment to SIF based on GTCA immunity, and the Court of Civil Appeals (COCA) that upheld the immunity, we hold SIF is entitled to GTCA immunity.
2 In addition, we must decide if a majority of the COCA panel erred by going on to rule SIF was still amenable to suit in contract and subject to…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Carmichael v. BellerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1996
- Manley v. BrownSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1999
- Vanderpool v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1983
- Ricky Houston v. Allen Reich, Harold Dean McHam the Excise Board of Choctaw County, Oklahoma, and the City of Hugo, OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- Taylor v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1999
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Tuffy's, Inc. v. City of Oklahoma CitySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2009
- GOWENS v. BARSTOWSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2015
- Barker v. State Insurance FundSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2001
- Chandler (U.S.A.), Inc. v. TyreeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2004
- State Ex Rel. State Insurance Fund v. JOA, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2003
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