Court Opinion

ID: 9853985
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 05:58:50.938782+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:22:22.376335
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OPALA, Vice Chief Justice,
concurring.
I write separately to add that the State’s claim to sovereign immunity rests in this case on shaky ground. Its argument calls on the judiciary to divine the presence of a shield against tort liability from “a doubtful, ambiguous or silent legislative text.” Ingram v. The State of Oklahoma, Okl., 786 P.2d 77, 80 [1990]. The immortal remnants of yesteryear’s immunity must now *967be anchored in a clearly articulated statutory exemption. Jarvis v. City of Stillwater, Okl., 669 P.2d 1108, 1111 [1983].