Court Opinion

ID: 9597792
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:02:56.90962+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:26:54.888390
License: Public Domain

SIMMS, Justice,
dissenting:
This Court in Lone Star Gas v. Parsons, 159 Okl. 52, 14 P.2d 369 (1932), held that the ordinary boy of 13 or 14 years is of an age where he has sufficient intellectual ability to appreciate danger. In the case at hand the minor was between 12 and 13 years of age at the time of the accident and is considered of normal intelligence and intellectual development. His parents apparently consider him responsible for his age, manifested by their allowing him to own and operate a Kawasaki 80 motorized bike. Moreover, his father had warned him of the dangers connected with a pumping jack and the Court of Appeals specifically found that the minor admitted that he was fully aware of the danger at the time of the accident.
I therefore respectfully dissent and would affirm the ruling of the trial court and would deny certiorari.
I am authorized to state that Chief Justice Hargrave, Justice Lavender, and Justice Doolin join with the views expressed herein.