Oklahoma Immunity Law
 

Michael Delany v. City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, at al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on excessive force civil rights violation theores.

Officer Russell shot Delany when Delany drove away during a traffic stop.


"The shooting happened in March 2020, when Officer Aaron Russell responded to a call about a suspicious vehicle with a man inside at 28th and Pittsburg in Tulsa. ... More...
   $375000 (06-27-2025 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. Ni'Avien Lee Gold

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Defendant moved to dismiss the charges, claiming immunity from prosecution pursuant to the Stand Your Ground law. See generally 21 O.S.2021, § 1289.25.
... More...
   $0 (06-25-2025 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. Niavien Lee Golden

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

MURDER - SECOND DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.8
and
ASSAULT & BATTERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, in violation of 21 O.S. 652 C.

Appellant is charged with murder and felony battery arising from a verbal and physical altercation involving multiple persons shortly after a football game at Tulsa... More...
   $0 (11-12-2024 - OK)

Reubin E. Lacaze v. Wade Courley, et al.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed he was discriminated against because of his race.

MoreLaw’s goal is to help people seeking legal assistance to find the best lawyers available to represent them in any county in the United States. Click the link above to see some lawyers available where this case was tried who might be available to repres... More...
   $0 (04-28-2025 - OK)

Joshua Lamle, et al. v. Susan Eads, et al.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on wrongful denial of Medicaid benefits.

Two elderly individuals (Ms. Penelope Lamle and Ms. Maxine Houston) sued based on alleged irregularities in the processing of their Medicaid applications. 1 In their suit, the applicants sought  an injunction ordering an expedited decision and payment of Medicaid benefits an... More...
   $0 (04-09-2025 - OK)

Joseph DiCesare v. Cherokee Nation, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued claiming to have been harassed by the Cherokee and Tribe and Delaware County.

Judge Egan sustined motions for summary judgement based on soverign immunity and state of limitations.

The Tenth Circuit held in Nero v. Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma that the Cherokee Nation enjoys sovereign immunity. 892 F.2d 1457, 1... More...
   $0 (03-13-2025 - OK)

Maria Del Rosario Chico Vietti, et al. v. Welsh & McGough, P.L.L.C., et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on professional negligence theories.

Plaintiff Maria Del Rosario Chico Vietti brought a lawsuit on behalf of herself and her minor children, A.R.V., P.F.V., and H.S.V., against defendants Welsh & McGough PLLC (W&M), Catherine Welsh, and Jaime Vogt, arising out of their alleged acts and omissions durin... More...
   $0 (12-26-2024 - OK)

Brian Hallum v. Sheriff of Delaware County and Ronald Williams

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.

After receiving some upsetting news, Brian Hallum drove to his business, a
marijuana dispensary in Delaware County, Oklahoma. There, he had four shots of
tequila and a marijuana gummy. He then began destroying items in the dispensary, 2
such as display cases, cannabis paraphernalia, and speakers. He also scattered ... More...
   $0 (12-16-2024 - ok)

Roman V. Serpik v. Jull Weedon, et al.


Oklahoma City, Oklahoma pro se plaintiff sued the Defendants on various constitutional law violation theories.


In January 2023, Oklahoma State Trooper Colby Vaughan pulled
Mr. Serpik over for failing to stop at a red light. During the traffic stop,
Mr. Serpik refused to provide his driver’s license, name, or birthdate.
Trooper Vaughan arrested him, and he was ch... More...
   $0 (12-10-2024 - OK)

Lorenzo Clerkley, Jr. v. Kyle Holomb, and City of Oklahoma City


Oklahoma City, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who claimed police officer used excessive force when he shot him.



In March 2019, a group of teenage boys entered a vacant house to play with
BB guns. A concerned neighbor called 911, and Officer Kyle Holcomb and an
Oklahoma City Police Department colleague responded. Within minutes, HolcombMore...
   $0 (11-26-2024 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. Vicky Pittman McNeely


Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.



Defendant was charged with one count of Murder in the First Degree for the shooting death of her husband inside their home. Petitioner filed a motion to dismiss the charge based on her claim of immunity from prosecution under 21 O.S.2011, § 1289.251, commonly referred to... More...
   $0 (05-24-2018 - OK)

Cruz Morales v. The city of Oklahoma City, et al.


Oklahoma City, Oklahoma personal injury civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant to recover for injuries sustained by her minor daughter during an arrest.



On 21 September 2005, Oklahoma City police officer Mitchell McCoy was on duty at Roosevelt Middle School when a fight broke out in the school's cafeteria between twelve-year-old Alma Morale... More...
   $0 (02-09-2010 - OK)

Rhonda Mengert v. United States of America


Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED) and false imprisonment.


This case stems from Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) subjecting plaintiff
Rhonda Mengert to an inspection in a private room at Tulsa International Airport. After
Menge... More...
   $0 (10-29-2024 - OK)

Shelli Farley v. City of Claremore


Claremore, Oklahoma worngful death personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Government Tort Claims Act negligence theory.


Surviving spouse of a former fireman for the City of Claremore filed a petition in the District Court of Rogers County against the City of Claremore. Surviving spouse sought damages for wrongful death and an injunction against the City of Cla... More...
   $0 (04-05-2020 - OK)

Earnest Joe Fields v. City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, et al.


Tulsa, Oklahoma 1983 civil rights violation claim personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff.



Tameko Warren dialed 911 from the parking lot of a QuikTrip convenience store in Tulsa reporting that her soon-to-be ex-husband, Earnest Fields, was deflating her tires. She added that he was armed with a hammer, which he had just used to tap on her car window. When offi... More...
   $0 (12-14-2023 - OK)

THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA v. DARREN D. BRADFORD

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with filing a motion for immunity and request for hearing and a motion to quash




Appellee shot and killed his half-brother, Willie Berry, on August 14, 2022... More...
   $0 (03-07-2024 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. Ni'Avien Lee Golden


Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal law lawyer represented the Defendant, charged with first-degree murder.




Defendant was charged with murder and felony battery arising from a verbal and physical altercation involving multiple persons shortly after a football game at Tulsa's McClain High School in September, 2022. Four people were injur... More...
   $0 (11-15-2023 - OK)

DONALD WAYNE THOMAS, JR v. THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with moving to dismiss the charges, claiming immunity from prosecution pursuant to the Stand Your Ground law



Petitioner pled guilty on July 11, 2023, and was... More...
   $0 (05-30-2024 - OK)

Julie Huff, et al. v. City of Eufaula, et al.

Muskogee, Oklahoma personal injury lawyers Brad Wicker, J. Derek Ingle, and Lloyd K. ... More...    $1 (05-29-2024 - OK)

Estate of Terence Crutcher Sr. v. Betty Jo Shelby, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.

Officer Betty Shelby, 43, was charged and acquitted of manslaughter in the September 2016 shooting death of Terence Crutcher, 40, during an encounter that began with the report of a stalled vehicle.

The shooting of Crutcher was captured on video. See: htt... More...
   $0 (04-09-2024 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. Darren D. Bradford

Durant, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Second-Degree murder.

¶1 The State charged Appellee, Darren D. Bradford, in the District Court of Bryan County, Case No. CF-2022-206, with Murder in the Second Degree, in violation of 21 O.S.2021, § 701.8, or in the alternative, either Manslaughter in the First Degree, death caused by a person engaged in a m... More...
   $0 (03-07-2024 - OK)

THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA V. DARREN D. BRADFORD

Tulsa, OK criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder in the Second Degree OR Manslaughter in the First Degree.





¶4 Appellee shot and killed his half-brother, Willie Berry, on August 14, 2022, as Appellee and his sister, Ronda H... More...
   $0 (03-07-2024 - OK)

Jackson County Emergency Medical Service District v. Kory S. Kirkland

Chickasha, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Governmental Tort Claims Act auto negligence theory.

¶0 After an ambulance collided with a turnpike tollbooth, the injured toll-worker filed a lawsuit against the ambulance driver and her employer, the Jackson County Emergency Medical Services District. The medical district sought to dismiss ... More...
   $0 (02-13-2024 - OK)

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town v. Gregory R Stidham, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma Indian Law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on tribal election law theories.

The Thlopthlocco Tribal Town is a federally recognized Indian tribe in Oklahoma. An election dispute arose about which individuals were properly elected or appointed to govern the Thlopthlocco people. Seeking to resolve that dispute, the Tribal Town filed suit in the tribal court of the Muscogee (... More...
   $0 (12-20-2023 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. Rocky Eugene Dodd

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with two counts of First-Degree Murder with malice aforethought.

¶ 1 Rocky Eugene Dodd, Appellant, was tried by a jury in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CF-94-7724, before the Honorable Nancy L. Coats. Dodd was convicted of two counts of First Degree Malice Aforethought Murder, in violatio... More...
   $0 (12-31-2000 - OK)

Charles Kaleb Vanlandingham v. City of Oklahoma City, et al.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants claiming that
defendants Rolke, Lewis, Morton, and Osten (collectively, “Firefighters”) are employees of the Oklahoma City Fire Department, and Defendant Lee is an Oklahoma City police officer, who responded to an emergency call regarding Plaintiff's decedent, Charles Lamar Vanlandingham (“Mr. Vanla... More...
   $0 (05-19-2023 - OK)

Randy Smith v. The City of Stillwater, et al.

Stillwater, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on Governmental Tort Claims Act negligence theories.


¶ 1 Decedent was allegedly engaged in drag racing while operating a motorcycle on the night of August 8, 2008. A police officer for the City of Stillwater attempted to stop Decedent. When Decedent failed to stop, several Payne County and City of ... More...
   $0 (05-20-2014 - OK)

Preston Knott v. Cyclone Drilling, Inc. v. FMC Technologies Surface Integrated Services

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on a negligence theory.

Preston Knott was working as an employee of FMC, and he was injured when an employee of Cyclone struck Knott's hand with a sledgehammer. Dkt. # 2-2, at 2. Knott sought and received worker's compensation from his employer, FMC. Dkt. # 43, at 7. Knott filed a lawsuit in Tulsa County Dist... More...
   $0 (03-28-2023 - OK)

Billy E. "Rusty" Rhoades, III, et al. v. The State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Governor Kevin Stitt, et al.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants violated their civil rights.

This case arises from the separation of Plaintiff Harrell as Colonel of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in September 2019. Defendant Jason Nelson, via authority granted him by the Governor, notified Plaintiff by telephone of three options-he could either resign, retire, or be te... More...
   $0 (04-03-2023 - OK)

STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. ALEXANDER L. BEDNAR

¶1 Alexander L. Bednar (Respondent) is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association (Bar) and is licensed to practice law in Oklahoma. The Bar initiated this action under Rule 6 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings (RGDP), 5 O.S.2011, ch.1, app. 1-A, by filing an eleven-count Complaint on December 21, 2017. Respondent did not respond to the Complaint or to the Bar's Motion to Deem Allegati... More...    $0 (03-12-2019 - OK)

Oklahoma Call of Reproductive Justice v. Drummond

¶1 The Petitioners consist of healthcare providers, Tulsa Women's Reproductive Clinic, LLC, Alan Braid, M.D., Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, Inc., Planned Parenthood of Arkansas & Eastern Oklahoma and an advocacy group, the Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice. The Respondents consist of the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, the district attorneys of Oklahoma ... More...    $0 (03-23-2023 - OK)

Angelica Quezada v. Ronnie Roden, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants claiming that they violated her civil rights under 42 U.S.C. 1983 by falsely arresting her.




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   $0 (12-06-2022 - OK)

Sabrina Lorenzama v. City of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury car wreck lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a governmental tort claims act auto negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $10,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of the failure to exercise due care in the operation of a motor vehicle.

Title 51 O.S. 151, et seq. constitute the law partially abrogating the sovereig... More...
   $22200 (10-13-2022 - OK)

Nathan D. Richter v. Tracy Nelson, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on violation of the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourth Amendment.


Plaintiff brings claims against Defendants for violations of the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution via 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pl.'s First Am. Compl. ¶ 1, June... More...
   $0 (08-04-2022 - OK)

Robbie Emery Burke v. Voc Regalado, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on prisoner civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983 claiming that Mitchell Lee Godsey, age 59, died in the Tulsa County jail as a direct result of deliberate indifference including medical negligence and understaffing.

Godsey died less than 32 hours after being booked in to the jail for failin... More...
   $0 (07-06-2022 - OK)

Mona Rey and Robert Earl Jones v. Honorable William Means

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a dispute over the production of documents.

An original action on application to assume original jurisdiction and for writ of prohibition to prevent trial court from enforcing an order refusing to quash a subpoena duces tecum for production of documents at a depositional hearing upon the invoking of the state and federal ... More...
   $0 (01-23-1978 - OK)

Ira Lee Wilkins v. City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983 claiming that officers Will Mortenson, Angela Emberton and Edel Rangel used excessive force when they ordered him out of his car, and eventually forced him to the ground, where they pepper sprayed him.

Mr. Wilkins sued the officers under 42 U.S.C. § 19... More...
   $0 (05-04-2022 - OK)

Tiffany Simpson v. Jon Little, Ike Shirley, and City of Bixby, Oklahoma

This case arises from the fatal shooting of Logan Wayne Simpson by Jon Little, a
patrol officer for the City of Bixby, Oklahoma. Tiffany Simpson, Mr. Simpson’s mother
and personal representative of his estate, sued Officer Little in his individual capacity
under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for excessive force in violation of Mr. Simpson’s Fourth and
Fourteenth Amendment rights. Officer L... More...
   $0 (10-27-2021 - OK)

State of ex rel. Matloff v. Jana Wallace

¶1 The State of Oklahoma, by Mark Matloff, District Attorney of Pushmataha County, petitions this Court for the writ of prohibition to vacate the Respondent Judge Jana Wallace's April 12, 2021 order granting post-conviction relief. Judge Wallace's order vacated and dismissed the second degree murder conviction of Clifton Merrill Parish in Pushmataha County Case No. CF-2010-26. Because the Respond... More...    $0 (09-15-2021 - OK)

Robbie Emery Burke v. Vic Regaldo and Stanley Glanz




The Tulsa County Sheriffs Office (TCSO) runs the Tulsa County Jail (the
jail). In 2011, Elliott Williams was jailed there. Shortly after his booking, he severely
injured his neck, causing lower body paralysis. No one treated his injury. Despite his
frequ... More...
   $0 (08-22-2019 - OK)

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