Legal Opinion
Nail v. City of Henryetta
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 6, 1996No. 83404PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAUGER, Vice Chief Justice:
The dispositive question presented is whether Gordon Baldwin, a Henryetta police officer, was acting within the scope of his employment when he shoved Kiley Nail (Nail/appellee) thereby subjecting the City of Henryetta to tort liability under the Governmental Tort Claims Act (the Act), 51 O.S. 1991 § 151 et seq. We find that the question of whether the police officer was acting within the scope of his employment when the appellee was injured is an issue for jury determination.
FACTS
In May of 1991, Kiley Nail, a fifteen-year-old high school freshman, told his parents…
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