Legal Opinion

Opinion No. (1990)

Oklahoma Attorney General Reports

Decided January 10, 1990Published

1Opinion of the Court

Dear Director, Maynard

¶ 0 The Attorney General has received your letter asking for an official opinion addressing, in effect, the following questions:

1. To what extent, generally, do state employees enjoyimmunity from suit under the Oklahoma Governmental Tort ClaimsAct, 51 O.S. 151 (1989) et seq.? 2. Are physicians who are employed by the Oklahoma Departmentof Corrections, generally, considered "employees" as definedunder the Oklahoma Governmental Tort Claims Act, and do theytherefore enjoy the same immunity?

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STATUS OF STATE EMPLOYEES UNDER THE OKLAHOMA GOVERNMENTAL TORT CLAIMS ACT.

¶ 1 The…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Lekan v. P & L Fire Protection Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
  3. Neal v. DonahueSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
  4. In Re the Request of Phillips Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
  5. Fox v. Oklahoma Memorial HospitalSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989

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