Johns Ex Rel. Johns v. Wynnewood School Board of Education

HARGRAVE, Justice.

Certified for resolution under the provisions of 20 O.S. 1981 § 1601, et seq. by the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma is the following question of state law:

Are the time limitations contained in the Oklahoma Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act, 1 51 Okla.Stat. (1978 Supp.) § 156, controlling as to a cause of action accrued to a minor, notwithstanding the provisions of 12 Okla.Stat.1971 § 96?

As summarized by the Federal Court, this cause arose from an injury to plaintiff at the Central Elementary School of Wynne-wood, Oklahoma, on September…