State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Peveto

IRWIN, Vice Chief Justice.

The material facts alleged in the complaint filed against respondent, Burl A. Peveto, Jr., by the Oklahoma Bar Association, are not disputed.

COUNT I

A Mrs. Moore was involved in an automobile accident on May 21, 1976. The following day she began experiencing pain and on May 24, 1976, consulted a physician. On the advice of her doctor, Mrs. Moore began wearing a neck brace. She returned to her doctor a week later because she was still having pain and it was “going on down to my back.”

Mrs. Moore first sought the legal services of the respondent on June 7, 1976. At this…