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Date: 04-29-2024
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Case Number: 4:23-cv-00471
Judge: John F. Heil, III
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Daniel Eliot Yaffe, S. Alex Yaffe, Terry M. McKeever
Defendant's Attorney: Ashley Melissa Bibb, Kelly Christian Comarda, Scott Fowler Lehman for Wells Fargo
Anita K. Anthony, Matthew Branton Covert, Robert Dean Hart
Description: Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory.
Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction, meaning they can only hear cases authorized by the United States Constitution or federal statutes. The federal district court is the starting point for any case arising under federal statutes, the Constitution, or treaties.
Oklahoma has a modified comparative negligence law. Under this rule, a car accident victim who shares the blame for a crash may recover compensation as long as they are not more at fault for the accident than the defendant. The accident victim's compensation is reduced based on their assigned proportion of fault.
Outcome: Remanded to state court on Plaintiff's motion.
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