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Date: 04-20-2021
Case Style:
Case Number: CJ-2019-4061
Judge: William LaFortune
Court: In the District Court in and for Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Plaintiff's Attorney:
Defendant's Attorney: Mark A. Warman
Description: Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an auto negligence theory.
Outcome: 04-20-2021 CTFREE
IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR TULSA COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
NOW ON THIS 19TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2021, THE DISTRICT COURT OF TULSA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA RECONVENES PURSUANT TO ADJOURNMENT. PRESENT AND PRESIDING: WILLIAM D. LAFORTUNE, DISTRICT COURT JUDGE; SAMANTHA BROWN, COURT REPORTER; LESLIE LOWRY, BAILIFF. MINUTE CLERK, MELANIE JOHNSON. PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS WERE HAD TO WIT:
CASE NUMBER: CJ-19-4061
MELISSA D PURDY V JOHN GESSNER
LAFORTUNE, WILLIAM D; STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND INSTRUCTIONS OF LAW ENTERED.
CASE CALLED FOR JURY TRIAL. BOTH SIDES PRESENT IN OPEN COURT AND ANNOUNCE READY FOR TRIAL. PLAINTIFF PRESENT AND REPRESENTED BY STEVEN SWANT AND PHILLIP BEST. DEFENDANT REPRESENTED BY MARK WARMAN.
THE JURORS ARE CALLED AND SWORN AS TO QUALIFICATION. THE JURY IS IMPANELED AND EXAMINED FOR CAUSE. ONE JUROR IS EXCUSED FOR CAUSE. THREE (3) PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES ARE MADE BY THE PLAINTIFF. THREE (3) PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES ARE MADE BY THE DEFENDANT. TWELVE (12) JURORS AND ONE (1) ALTERNATE ARE ACCEPTED AND SWORN TO TRY THE CAUSE.
OPENING STATEMENTS ARE MADE. FOUR WITNESSES SWORN. RULE NOT INVOKED. COURT REPORTER, SAMANTHA BROWN. PLAINTIFF PRESENTS EVIDENCE AND RESTS. DEFENDANT DEMURS AND DEMURRER IS OVERRULED. DEFENDANT PRESENTS EVIDENCE AND RESTS. DEFENDANT RENEWS HIS DEMURRER AND THE DEMURRER IS OVERRULED. BOTH SIDES REST.
THE JURY IS INSTRUCTED AS TO THE LAW. CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE MADE. THE SWEARING OF THE BAILIFF IS WAIVED AND AT 11:35 A.M. ON APRIL 20, 2021, THE JURY RETIRES FOR DELIBERATION IN CUSTODY OF THE BAILIFF. AT 11:55 A.M. ON APRIL 20, 2021, THE JURY RETURNS INTO OPEN COURT WITH THEIR VERDICT.
WE, THE JURY, EMPANELED AND SWORN IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED CAUSE, DO, UPON OUR OATHS, FIND THE ISSUES IN FAVOR OF THE DEFENDANT AGAINST ALL.
VERDICT FORM SIGNED BY FOREPERSON.
JURY RELEASED.
04-20-2021 DISPJD
JUDGMENT ENTERED IN FAVOR OF THE DEFENDANT AGAINST ALL.
1 GESSNER, JOHN
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