Legal Opinion
Wheat v. State Ex Rel. Tulsa County District Attorney
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided June 30, 2010No. 107,728. Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 4PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOUG GABBARD II, Presiding Judge.
{1 Plaintiff, Debbie Wheat, appeals the trial court's dismissal of her age discrimination lawsuit against Defendant, State of Oklahoma ex rel. Tulsa County District Attorney (State). We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
FACTS
T2 Wheat was employed by the Tulsa County District Attorney's office (TCDA), a state agency. TCDA terminated her employment on May 14, 2003. Wheat asserted she was first told her services were no longer needed, and was later told she was being let go because of budget cuts.
¶3 Wheat asserted she had been replaced "by a less…
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