Legal Opinion
Iglehart v. Board of County Commissioners of Rogers County
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 1, 2002No. 95,585PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOpala, J.
¶ 1 The dispositive issue presented on cer-tiorari is whether a utility company owes a duty of care to motorists on roadways adjacent to the utility company’s power lines when it is foreseeable that negligently maintaining trees underneath its lines could pose a road hazard to traveling motorists. We answer the question in the affirmative and hold that the Court of Civil Appeals erred in affirming the trial court’s summary judgment for Utility Company.
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THE ANATOMY OF LITIGATION
¶ 2 This is a negligence action arising from an automobile accident. On 5 April 1997 Brenda Iglehart (plaintiff or…
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3Cited by37 opinions
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