Spaulding v. State Ex Rel. Department of Transportation

618 P.2d 397 (1980)

Don SPAULDING, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Oklahoma ex rel. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION of the State of Oklahoma, Appellee.

No. 53089.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

October 7, 1980.

Steven E. Clark, Abel, Musser & Sokolosky, Oklahoma City, for appellant.

Floyd W. Taylor, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Transp., Oklahoma City, for appellee.

BARNES, Justice:

In this case, we are asked to determine whether the Trial Court's dismissal of a tort action, based upon the defense of sovereign immunity, was proper.[1] The sole proposition raised on appeal in Appellant's brief is:

"The doctrine of sovereign…