Jackson v. Jones

OPALA, Justice.

Two issues are dispositive on certiorari: (1) Did the trial court err when it entered judgment against the plaintiffs upon sustaining the three defendants’ demurrers to the evidence? (2) Is the appellate court’s decision granting nisi prius costs to the jury-exonerated defendant reviewable on certiora-ri now before us? We answer the first question in the affirmative and the second in the negative.

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THE ANATOMY OF LITIGATION

Roxie T. Jones [Jones] was travelling westbound on Interstate 40 in the left-hand lane near Westminster Road in Oklahoma County. She was following an Oklahoma…