Date: 06-30-2022

Case Style:

Sally Sullivan v. City of Tulsa and Tulsa Metropolitan Utility Authority

Case Number: CJ-202-1345

Judge: William D. LaFortune

Court: In the District Court in and for Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Plaintiff's Attorney:

Defendant's Attorney: Kristina Gray and Hayes T. Martin

Description: Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on governmental tort claims negligence theories claiming to have suffered more than $10,000 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of a her home being flood with raw sewage on July 8, 2019.

Outcome: 06-30-2022 CTFREE


LAFORTUNE, WILLIAM D.: STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND INSTRUCTIONS OF LAW ENTERED;
NOW ON THIS 30TH DAY OF JUNE, 2022, THE DISTRICT COURT OF TULSA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA RECONVENES PURSUANT TO ADJOURNMENT. PRESENT: HONORABLE WILLIAM D. LAFORTUNE, DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, COURT REPORTER; SAMANTHA BROWN, BAILIFF; LESLIE LOWRY, MINUTE CLERK; AMBER KROTZER. PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS WERE HAD TO WIT:
CASE CALLED FOR JURY TRIAL. BOTH SIDES PRESENT IN OPEN COURT AND ANNOUNCE READY FOR TRIAL. SALLY SULLIVAN AS PLAINTIFF; ANDREW GARRETT PRESENT AS ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF WITH PARALEGAL CRYSTAL EATON;
SEAN GLENN ON BEHALF OF CITY OF TULSA AS DEFENDANT; MARTIN HAYES AND KRISTINA GRAY AS ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT WITH PARALEGAL PAIGE BROILS;
THE JURORS ARE CALLED AND SWORN AS TO QUALIFICATIONS. THE JURY IS IMPANELED AND EXAMINED FOR CAUSE. TWO (2) ARE 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.
NO RULE OF SEQUESTRATION. OPENING STATEMENT IS MADE BY THE PLAINTIFF. OPENING STATEMENT MADE BY DEFENDANT. FOUR (4) WITNESSES ARE SWORN. PLAINTIFF PRESENTS EVIDENCE AND RESTS AFTER THREE (3) WITNESSES. PLAINTIFF WITNESSES: JASON HARRIS, JASON LANDING AND SALLY SULLIVAN. . DEFENDANT PRESENTS EVIDENCE AND RESTS AFTER ONE (1) WITNESS. DEFENDANT WITNESS: JAMES THOMAS. DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR DEMURRER AND DIRECTED VERDICT IS DENIED.
THE JURY IS INSTRUCTED AS TO THE LAW. CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE MADE. THE SWEARING OF THE BAILIFF IS WAIVED AND AT 2:27PM ON JUNE 30, 2022, THE JURY RETIRES FOR DELIBERATION IN CUSTODY OF THE BAILIFF. AT 4:07PM ON JUNE 30, 2022, THE JURY RETURNS INTO OPEN COURT WITH THEIR VERDICT.
VERDICT FORM
WE, THE JURY, EMPANELED AND SWORN IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED CAUSE, DO, UPON OUR OATHS, FIND AS FOLLOWS: THE JURY FINDS FOR THE DEFENDANT.
VERDICT FORM SIGNED BY THE FOREPERSON.
JURY POLLED. JURY RELEASED.

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