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Parties Involved:
Arthur C. Shaw
Appellant
Eric Shaw
Appellant
Gary Lee Shaw
Appellant
Lori Ann Shaw Blackwelder
Appellant
The City of Calera, Oklahoma
Appellee

Document Text:

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSU 'ood States Cou "Lof Appeal, nt Ter,th r.ircult. 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

ARTHUR C. SHAW, Independent Executor ) 

of the Estate of GARY LEE SHAW, and on ) 

behalf of all Statutory Beneficiaries, ) 

individually; ERIC SHAW, individually; ) 

LORI ANN SHAW BLACKWELDER, individually, ) 

) 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, ) 

) 

v. ) 

) 

THE CITY OF CALERA, OKLAHOMA, ) 

) 

Defendant-Appellee. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

NOV 161992 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 92-7071 

(D.C. No. CV-91-746-S 

( E . D . Okla . ) 

Before MOORE, TACHA, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

This appeal is from an order of the district court granting 

summary judgment in favor of defendant City and refusing 

plaintiffs' request for a continuance under Rule 56(f). 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

Appellate Case: 92-7071 Document: 010110148689 Date Filed: 11/16/1992 Page: 1 
Plaintiffs appeal on the grounds that the district court erred in 

its finding that the City has no duty to warn motorists about 

dangerous or hazardous conditions on a state highway or to notify 

the State regarding dangerous or hazardous conditions on a state 

highway within the city limits. Plaintiffs further allege that 

the district court erred in finding that the City is immune from 

liability under 51 Okla. Stat. § 155.1. We affirm. 

This appeal is based on diversity of citizenship jurisdiction 

and grew out of an automobile accident in which Gary Lee Shaw died 

within the city limits of defendant Calera. The accident occurred 

on U.S. Highway 69. On behalf of the Estate of Gary Lee Shaw, 

plaintiffs argue that the City has a duty to warn and protect the 

motoring public from hazardous conditions on a state highway, and 

a similar duty to notify the State of these dangerous conditions. 

The district court found that the City is immune from liability 

and owes no duty to warn or protect motorists or to notify the 

State when the accident occurs on a state highway. We agree with 

the district court and affirm for substantially the reasons given 

by the district court. AFFIRMED. The mandate shall issue 

forthwith. 

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ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

Deanell Reece Tacha 

Circuit Judge 

Appellate Case: 92-7071 Document: 010110148689 Date Filed: 11/16/1992 Page: 2