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Date: 09-11-2012

Case Style: Angela Edwards v. William J. Anton

Case Number: CJ-2010-3235

Judge: Linda G. Morrissey

Court: District Court, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Plaintiff's Attorney: Steven R. Hickman

Defendant's Attorney: Pro se

Description: Angela Edwards sued William J. Anton and Fred M. Schraeder on professional negligence theories.

Plaintiff was a client of Defendant Anton, who lost his license. He continued to work under the license of Defendant Schraeder. Defendants settled Plaintiff's workers compensation case without her knowledge and Plaintiff's climas that one or both Defendants took the money and that Plaintiff got nothing. Plaintiff sued for her settlement proceeds.

Defendant Schraeder denied that he supervised and/or over-saw Defendant Anton's work.

Defendant Anton claimed that Plaintiff got significvant, if not all, of the monies due her.

Plaintiff's theories of recovery were:

Forgery/theft by Defendant Anton.
Respondeat superior liability of Defendant Schreder for Anton's forgery/theft.

Conspiracy between Anton and Schraeder.

Plaintiff claimed that she was owed $40,000.00.

Outcome: MORRISSEY, LINDA G: NOW ON THIS 11TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2012, THE DISTRICT COURT OF TULSA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA RECONVENES PURSUANT TO ADJOURNMENT. PRESENT AND PRESIDING: HON. LINDA G. MORRISSEY, DISTRICT JUDGE; GARY WOODSON, COURT REPORTER; BRYAN SCHULER, BAILIFF; KIM O'BRIEN, MINUTE CLERK. PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS WERE HAD TO WIT:

CASE NUMBER: CJ-2010-3235

ANGELA EDWARDS, PLAINTIFF VS WILLIAM J. ANTON AND FRED M. SCHRAEDER, DEFENDANTS

CASE CALLED FOR JURY TRIAL. BOTH SIDES PRESENT IN OPEN COURT AND ANNOUNCE READY FOR TRIAL. PLAINTIFF PRESENT AND REPRESENTED BY STEVE HICKMAN. DEFENDANT, WILLIAM J. ANTON WAS NOT PRESENT. DEFENDANT, FRED M. SCHRAEDER APPEARED PRO SE.

THE JURORS ARE CALLED AND SWORN TO QUALIFICATIONS. THE JURY IS IMPANELED AND EXAMINED FOR CAUSE. THE JURORS ARE ACCEPTED BY CAUSE.

OPENING STATEMENTS ARE MADE. 6 WITNESSES SWORN. RULE WAS INVOKED. GARY WOODSON, COURT REPORTER. PLAINTIFF PRESENTS EVIDENCE AND RESTS. DEFENDANT PRESENTS EVIDENCE AND RESTS. PLAINTIFF MOVED FOR DIRECTED VERDICT AND WAS DENIED. BOTH SIDES REST.

THE JURY IS INSTRUCTED AS TO THE LAW. CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE MADE. THE SWEARING OF THE BAILIFF IS WAIVED AND AT 12:05 PM, THE JURY RETIRES FOR DELIBERATION IN CUSTODY OF THE BAILIFF. AT 1:05 PM, THE JURY RETURNS INTO OPEN COURT WITH THEIR VERDICT, WHICH IS READ IN OPEN COURT, ORDERED RECORDED AND FILED, AND IS, TO WIT: “WE THE JURY IMPANELED AND SWORN IN THE ABOVE-ENTITLED CAUSE DO, UPON OUR OATHS, FIND THE ISSUES IN FAVOR OF THE PLAINTIFF, ANGELA EDWARDS, AND FIX THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF HER DAMAGES IN THE SUM OF $32,000.

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