holding equitable estoppel inapplicable where insurer neither admitted liability nor negotiated settlement, engaged in no false or misleading conduct, unequivocally rejected the claim, and insured still had several months to sue
How later courts described this case
- holding equitable estoppel inapplicable where insurer neither admitted liability nor negotiated settlement, engaged in no false or misleading conduct, unequivocally rejected the claim, and insured still had several months to sue
- Dissenting opinions which discuss, under prior versions of the statutes which have been amended, the possibility of tolling the 90-day period based on a governmental entity's actions.
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The opinion
OPALA, Justice,
with whom KAUGER, Justice joins, dissenting.
I dissent from the court’s opinion for the reasons expressed by me in Trent v. Board of County Com’rs, 755 P.2d 615, 619 [Okl. 1988] (Opala, J., dissenting) and Whitley v. Oologah S.D. I-4 of Rogers Cty., 741 P.2d 455 [Okl.1987] (Opala, J., concurring).