Legal Opinion
COVEL v. Rodriguez
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 31, 2012No. 105,942PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdmondson, J.
1 1 This is a wrongful death action in which plaintiffs asserted that defective brakes on the bus owned by Elias A. and Pedro Rodriguez (defendants) caused the death of their decedent, HK. Covel. Covel was traveling northbound on the inside lane of 1-35 when he lost control of his pickup truck and crossed the median and entered the southbound lanes of traffic. Defendants' bus was traveling in the outside southbound lane, and Covel's pickup and the bus collided almost head on. HK. Covel died on the spot. Plaintiffs asserted that another driver, Spar-lin, bumped HK. Covel in the northbound lane…
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