# West v. Board of County Commissioners

> Supreme Court of Oklahoma · December 20, 2011 · 273 P.3d 31

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5156989

## Case

- **Full name:** Charles WEST, Personal Representative of the Estate of Angela Schreiner v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PAWNEE COUNTY
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** December 20, 2011
- **Citations:** 273 P.3d 31; 2011 OK 104; 2011 Okla. LEXIS 111; 2011 WL 6370057
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Taylor
- **Judges:** Colbert, Combs, Edmondson, Gurich, Kauger, Reif, Taylor, Watt, Winchester
- **Cited by:** 8 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- explaining Oklahoma law only “supports the granting of a new trial” where a jury award is “beyond all measure unreasonable and outrageous”

## Opinion text

TAYLOR, C.J.,
dissenting
The uncontested facts are clear. This roadway was flooded. The Pawnee County Commissioners closed this road and placed 8 foot barricades with two signs warning that the road was closed due to high water. The Decedent ignored all this and proceeded *40 around the large barricade and warning signs and drove into 12 foot deep water and unfortunately died as a result of her own negligence. The highly-charged emotional evidence presented by the Plaintiff somehow moved the jury to assess some liability and damages upon the County. The Plaintiff now wants more money by way of a new trial on damages only. There is absolutely no legal basis upon which a new trial should have been granted. This jury was very generous under the evidence of this case. I agree with the analysis of the Court of Civil Appeals. There should be no new trial.

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