Legal Opinion
Gunn v. Consolidated Rural Water & Sewer District No. 1
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided September 22, 1992No. 75722PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPALA, Chief Justice.
The issues presented are: (1) Did the trial court err in relying upon Gingles v. Central State Griffin Memorial Hospi tal 1 for authority to dismiss this governmental worker’s statutory tort claim for retaliatory discharge? (2) Do the terms of 85 O.S. 1981 § 5 2 of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Act shield governmental entities from statutory tort liability for wrongful discharge in retaliation for filing a compensation claim? (3) Does 51 O.S.Supp.1988 § 155(14) 3 of the Governmental Tort Claims Act immunize a governmental entity from tort liability for a retaliatory…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Burk v. K-Mart Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
- Fuller v. OdomSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
- Tate v. Browning-Ferris, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1992
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Anderson v. EichnerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
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