Opinion

Barnett v. Simmons

  • 197 P.3d 12
  • 2008 OK 100
  • 2008 Okla. LEXIS 102
  • 2008 WL 4853360
Court
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Filed
Nov 10, 2008
Status
Published
Author
Watt
On the bench
Opala, Winchester, Edmondson, Hargrave, Kauger, Taylor, Colbert, Reif, Watt, Writing
Cited by
20 cases
Authority
More cited than 11.3%

The opinion

WATT, J., with whom OPALA, J.

joins, dissenting:

T1 I dissent for the reasons expressed in the dissent to the Court of Civil Appeals opinion, 11 38 providing:

"When there is no motion for sanctions pending and a plaintiff dismisses his claims the trial court loses jurisdiction to act further in the matter. General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Carpenter, 1978 OK 39 , 576 P.2d 1166, 1168 ; Elliott v. McCaleb, 2006 OK CIV APP 87 , 139 P.3d 253, 255-256 ; McCully v. Wil-Mc Oil Co. 1994 OK CIV APP 111 , 879 P.2d 150, 153 ." [Footnotes omitted.]

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