Jones v. Oklahoma Natural Gas Co.

894 P.2d 415 (1994)

Jeffrey T. JONES, Respondent,

v.

OKLAHOMA NATURAL GAS COMPANY, a trade name for Oneok, Inc., Petitioner.

No. 80574.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

July 12, 1994.

Jack S. Dawson, Kelly A. George, and Jami J. Campisano, Miller, Dollarhide, Dawson & Shaw, Oklahoma City, for respondent.

D. Lynn Babb, G. Calvin Sharpe, Pierce, Couch, Hendrickson, Johnston & Baysinger, Oklahoma City, for petitioner.

WATT, Justice.

To decide this certified interlocutory appeal we must interpret the terms of the Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Act, 63 O.S. 1981 §§ 142.1, et seq., and their application,…