Public Service Co. of Oklahoma v. Hawkins

2 Citing cases

  1. Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Sutton

    1953 OK 127 (Okla. 1953)   Cited 14 times
    In Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Sutton, 208 Okla. 488, 257 P.2d 307 (1953), explicitly relied upon by the court in the O'Connor case, 269 F.2d at 585, the Oklahoma Supreme Court, in computing a proper amount of damages for lost earnings, actually used a figure representing wages after the deduction of withholding taxes.

    She would then have further opportunity to establish the monetary value of any proper losses suffered by reason of her husband's death in addition to his contributions to her from wages. As to the effect of jury's ignorance of proper rule or measure of damages, see 2nd paragraph of syllabus in Public Service Co. v. Hawkins, 194 Okla. 272, 149 P.2d 783. Therefore, in conformity with the precedent followed in Coker v. Moose, 180 Okla. 234, 68 P.2d 504, and other cases, the judgment is affirmed, on condition that plaintiff file within ten days a remittitur of the judgment in the amount of $21,774.89, the excess over $48,225.11.

  2. Denco Bus Lines, Inc., v. Hargis

    204 Okla. 339 (Okla. 1951)   Cited 51 times
    Listing loss of work time and consequent loss of earnings as part of pecuniary loss

    Also, the plaintiff is entitled to compensation for physical pain and suffering directly resulting from the wrongful acts of the defendant, and future pain and suffering on the part of the injured person in consequence of the injury constitute a proper element of the damages which may be allowed. 15 Am.Jur., Damages, ยงยง 71, 72, and 73. In a proper consideration of these elements, as said in Public Service Co. of Oklahoma v. Hawkins, 194 Okla. 272, 149 P.2d 783: ". . .