Opinion ID: 4098087
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Heading: standard of review

Text: ¶5 The purpose of a motion to dismiss is to test the law that governs the claim in litigation rather than to examine the underlying facts of that claim. Rogers v. Quiktrip Corp. , 2010 OK 3, ¶ 4, 230 P.3d 853, 856. Issues of law are reviewable by a de novo standard and an appellate court claims for itself plenary, independent, and non-deferential authority to reexamine a trial court's legal rulings. Kluver v. Weatherford Hosp. Auth. , 1993 OK 85, ¶ 14, 859 P.2d 1081, 1083. The trial court's decision on a choice of law issue is reviewed de novo. Edwards v. McKee , 2003 OK CIV APP 59, ¶ 9, 76 P.3d 73, 76.