Hagen v. Independent School District No. 1-004

157 P.3d 738 (2007)

2007 OK 19

Jerry HAGEN, Plaintiff/Appellee,

v.

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. I-004, of Adair County, a/k/a Watts Public Schools, Defendant/Appellant.

No. 102,482.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

April 3, 2007.

Matthew P. Cryan, Jana R. Burk, and Jerry A. Richardson, Rosenstein, Fist & Ringold, Tulsa, OK, for Appellant.

Richard O'Carroll, Sharisse O'Carrol, O'Carroll & O'Carroll, Tulsa, OK, for Appellee.

HARGRAVE, J.

¶ 1 This is appellant/school district's appeal from the trial judge's order reinstating career teacher Jerry Hagan.[1] Appellant's board of education terminated Hagan under…