Opinion ID: 1206745
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Heading Rank: 7

Heading: was the demurrer of the board of regents for the university of oklahoma properly sustained by reason of sovereign immunity?

Text: The petition named the University of Oklahoma as the employer of the three physician defendants under the doctrine of respondeat superior. Demurrer was sustained on the theory that the University in employing the individual doctors was performing a governmental, not proprietary, function. Since by this opinion we affirm the judgment of the District Court that no liability attaches to the servants we need not address the question of liability of the master. It is moot. Judgment of the District Court of Oklahoma County in favor of all defendants is affirmed. SIMMS, C.J., DOOLIN, V.C.J., and HODGES, HARGRAVE and OPALA, JJ., concur. KAUGER, J., concurs in result. ALMA WILSON, J., concurs in part, dissents in part. LAVENDER, J., disqualified.