Legal Opinion
Brown v. Nicholson
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 18, 1997No. 86855PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OP ALA, Justice.
We are asked to decide today whether the evidentiary material tendered by defendants to support the trial court’s summary judgment in their favor provides undisputed proof of: 1) plaintiffs status as a licensee when she was injured in a fall upon defendants’ premises, and 2) the open and obvious character of the premises’ defect, which the defendants urge. We answer in the negative.
Phyllis Paige Brown (Brown) sued Suzanne Nicholson, Glenda Pate, and Ken Spears, the owners of a downtown Oklahoma City office building (owners), alleging that owners were negligent in their…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Rogers v. HennesseeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1979
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