by Jeremy Ward | Aug 15, 2012 | Employment, Transactional
The government likes tax money. Consequently, setting up a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation takes significantly more time, effort, and paperwork than forming a for-profit business entity. The rewards that come from gaining tax-exempt status, however, are well worth...
by Jeremy Ward | Jul 19, 2012 | Tort
In McClure v. Sunshine Furniture, 2012 OK CIV APP 67, the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals recently reversed an order granting summary judgment to a furniture company which had loaded furniture onto a pickup truck. The furniture fell off, causing a collision with the...
by Jeremy Ward | Jul 19, 2012 | Victories
Jason Goodnight recently obtained an order granting summary judgment to a manufacturer who was sued in federal court for an allegedly defective brake press which crushed an employee’s hand, requiring partial amputation of the employee’s arm. Plaintiffs claimed the...
by Jeremy Ward | Jun 21, 2012 | Transportation
Recently, in Brumley v. Keech, 2012 Ark. 263, No. 11-874 (06-14-2012), the Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a trial court’s pretrial ruling that excluded evidence of a trucking company’s failure to comply with federal regulations. In particular, the trucking company...
by Jeremy Ward | Jun 13, 2012 | Product Liability, Tort
Per Oklahoma’s Uniform Jury Instruction No. 12.1 the elements of a claim for manufacturers’ products liability are: A party claiming damages under Manufacturers’ Products Liability has the burden of proving each of the following: 1. The Defendant...
