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Piette v. Bradley Leseberg

Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Nov 13, 1996
1996 OK 124 (Okla. 1996)

Opinion

No. 88282.

November 13, 1996.


ORDER

This appeal from a trial judge's order disqualifying a law firm based on conflict of interest was correctly brought under the provisions of 12 O.S. 1991 § 953[ 12-953], Hammonds v. Osteopathic Hospital Founders Association, 917 P.2d 6 (Okla. 1996).

The trial judge's disqualification order is summarily reversed and the cause remanded for an evidentiary hearing. If, after holding a hearing, the trial judge should determine that plaintiff's attorneys should be disqualified, its order of disqualification must include a specific factual finding that attorney Wagner had knowledge of material and confidential information. Parker v. Volkswagenwerk, 245 Kan. 580, 781 P.2d 1099 (1989), Lansing-Delaware Water District v. Oak Lane Park, Inc., 248 Kan. 563, 808 P.2d 1369 (1991).

ALMA WILSON, C.J., KAUGER, V.C.J., and HODGES, HARGRAVE, OPALA, and SUMMERS, JJ., concur.

LAVENDER, J., dissents.

VOTE FOR PUBLICATION:

ALMA WILSON, C.J., KAUGER, V.C.J., and HODGES, OPALA, SUMMERS, JJ., concur;

LAVENDER and HARGRAVE, JJ., dissent.


Summaries of

Piette v. Bradley Leseberg

Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Nov 13, 1996
1996 OK 124 (Okla. 1996)
Case details for

Piette v. Bradley Leseberg

Case Details

Full title:Monica PIETTE, Petitioner, v. BRADLEY LESEBERG, a professional…

Court:Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Date published: Nov 13, 1996

Citations

1996 OK 124 (Okla. 1996)
1996 OK 124

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