Opinion ID: 1375939
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Heading: Subdiv 14 Its First-Generation Text and Meaning

Text: Jarvis v. City of Stillwater [8] held that the text of 51 O.S. 1981 § 155(14) [9] did not confer upon the State immunity for harm to non governmental employees. There, a private company's employee was injured when he came in contact with high-voltage lines owned and maintained by the City of Stillwater [City]. After receiving compensation benefits from his employer, the employee sued the City for negligence under the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act [Act]. [10] The 1981 version provided that a political subdivision shall not be liable if a loss results from ... [a]ny claim covered by the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Act... . [11] We held that in that context the Subdiv. 14 immunity extended solely to tort liability pressed by political subdivision employees covered by the workers' compensation regime. [12] The version of Subdiv. 14 construed in Jarvis came to be amended with the repeal of the 1981 Act and its replacement in 1984 by the post- Vanderpool [13] passage of the Governmental Tort Claims Act [Tort Claims Act]. [14]