Date: 12-25-2013

Case Style: Lawrence Harris v. David Deckard

Case Number: CJ-2011-6452

Judge: Linda G. Morrissey

Court: District Court, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Plaintiff's Attorney: Bret A. Unterschuetz

Defendant's Attorney: Timothy Crow and Donald E. Schroeder

Description: Lawrence Harris and Vicki Harris sued David Deckard on the following theories:

Issue # 1.
Issue: AUTO NEGLIGENCE (AUTONEG)
Filed by: HARRIS, LAWRENCE
Filed Date: 10/31/2011
Party Name: Disposition Information:

Defendant: DECKARD, DAVID
Disposed: DISMISSED - SETTLED, 03/12/2013. Dismissed- Settled.

Defendant: DECKARD, DAVID
Disposed: DISMISSED - RELEASE AND SATISFIED, 12/18/2013. Other.

Issue # 2.
Issue: AUTO NEGLIGENCE (AUTONEG)
Filed by: HARRIS, VICKI
Filed Date: 10/31/2011
Party Name: Disposition Information:

Defendant: DECKARD, DAVID
Disposed: JUDGEMENT FOR PLAINTIFF, 11/04/2013. Jury Trial.

Defendant: DECKARD, DAVID
Disposed: DISMISSED - RELEASE AND SATISFIED, 12/18/2013. Other.

The pre-trial order provided, in part:

Plaintiff claimed to have been injured and/or damages caused by car wreck caused by Deckard.

Defendant generally and specifically denied all of Plaintiff's claims. He also claimed that Plaintiff's alleged injuries were the resulting of pre-existing injuries, that the medical treatment that he received was not reasonable, that Plaintiff's injuries were the result of subsequent injuries, that Plaintiff failed to mitigate damages, that Plaintiff was not injured in the accident, that there was no proximate cause for Plaintiff's injuries and that Plaintiff's claims were excessive.

Defendant offered to confess judgment, as follows:

The Defendant, David Deckard, pursuant to 12 0.S. § 1101, offer to allow judgment be taken in the above-styled action by Plaintiff Vicki Harris in the total amount of One Thousand Twelve Hundred Seventy-Eight and 00/100 Dollars ($1,278.00), inclusive of any applicable interest, costs, and attorney fees.

Outcome: 11-04-2013 CTFREE - 87364835 Nov 5 2013 8:29:41:083AM - $ 0.00
MORRISSEY, LINDA G: NOW ON THIS 4TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2013, 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-2011-6452

VICKIE HARRIS, PLAINTIFF VS DAVID DECKARD, DEFENDANT

CASE CALLED FOR JURY TRIAL. BOTH SIDES PRESENT IN OPEN COURT AND ANNOUNCE READY FOR TRIAL. PLAINTIFF PRESENT AND REPRESENTED BY BRET UNTERSCHUETZ. DEFENDANT PRESENT AND REPRESENTED BY TIM CROW.

THE JURORS ARE CALLED AND SWORN AS TO QUALIFICATIONS. THE JURY IS IMPANELED AND EXAMINED FOR CAUSE. THE JURORS ARE ACCEPTED FOR CAUSE. 1 JUROR EXCUSED FOR CAUSE. 3 PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES ARE MADE BY THE PLAINTIFF. 3 PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES ISSUED BY THE DEFENDANT. TWELVE JURORS ARE ACCEPTED AND SWORN TO TRY THE CAUSE.

OPENING STATEMENTS ARE MADE. THREE (3) WITNESSES SWORN. GARY WOODSON, COURT REPORTER. PLAINTIFF PRESENTS EVIDENCE AND RESTS. DEFENDANT PRESENTS EVIDENCE AND RESTS. BOTH SIDES REST.

THE JURY IS INSTRUCTED AS TO THE LAW. CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE MADE. THE ALTERNATE JUROR IS EXCUSED. THE SWEARING OF THE BAILIFF IS WAIVED AND AT 4:18 PM ON NOVEMBER 4, 2013, THE JURY RETIRES FOR DELIBERATION IN CUSTODY OF THE BAILIFF. AT 6:15 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, VICKIE HARRIS, AND FIX THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF HER DAMAGES IN THE SUM OF $10,600.00.

9 JURORS CONCURRING, SIGNED FOREPERSON
JURY DISCHARGED.

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