W. P. Atkinson Enterprises, Inc. v. District Court of Oklahoma County

SIMMS, Justice:

Petitioner asks this Court to assume original jurisdiction and issue prohibition against Respondent Judges from proceeding further against Petitioner in the trial court.

Petitioner was the defendant in the trial court in a personal injury tort action filed by Carl Rhodes and R. C. Smith for alleged personal injuries sustained at the construction site of an apartment complex being built by the petitoner as general contractor.

The immediate employer of plaintiffs in the trial court was Carlton Bryan, a roofing contractor. The accident occurred during the performance of Bryan’s oral…