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Volume 84 u No. 15 u May 25, 2013 1090 The Oklahoma Bar Journal Vol. 84 — No. 15 — 5/25/2013 OFFICER S & BOARD OF GOVERNORS James T. Stuart, President, Shawnee Renée DeMoss, President-Elect, Tulsa EVENTS CALENDAR Dietmar K. Caudle, Vice-President, Lawton Cathy M. Christensen, Immediate Past President, Oklahoma City MAY 2013 Sandee Coogan, Norman 27 OBA Closed – Memorial Day Observed Gerald C. Dennis, Antlers Robert S. Farris, Tulsa 28 OBA Bench and Bar Committee meeting; 12 p.m.; Oklahoma Bar Robert D. Gifford II, Oklahoma City Kimberly Hays, Tulsa Center, Oklahoma City and Tulsa County Bar Center, Tulsa; Contact Douglas L. Jackson, Enid Barbara Swinton 405-713-7109 O. Chris Meyers II, Lawton D. Scott Pappas, Stillwater 29 OBA Communications Committee joint meeting with Law Day Nancy S. Parrott, Oklahoma City Committee; 12 p.m.; Oklahoma Bar Center, Oklahoma City and Tulsa Bret A. Smith, Muskogee County Bar Center, Tulsa; Contact Dick Pryor 405-740-2944 or Richard D. Stevens, Norman Richard Vreeland 405-360-6631 Linda S. Thomas, Bartlesville Joseph M. Vorndran, Shawnee, Chairperson, OBA/Young Lawyers Division OBA Legal Intern Swearing-In Ceremony; 1:30 p.m.; Judicial Center, Oklahoma City; Contact Wanda Reece-Murray 405-416-7042 BAR CENTER Staff John Morris Williams, Executive Director; Gina L. Hendryx, General Counsel; Jim Calloway, JUNE 2013 Director of Management Assistance Program; Craig D. Combs, Director of Administration; 4 OBA Government and Administrative Law Practice Section Susan Damron Krug, Director of Educational meeting; 4 p.m.; Oklahoma Bar Center, Oklahoma City; Contact Gary Payne Programs; Beverly Petry Lewis, Administrator 405-297-2413 MCLE Commission; Carol A. 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Vol. 84 — No. 15 — 5/25/2013 The Oklahoma Bar Journal 1091 Online access saves you time & money Visit odcr.com/oba and use the coupon code: OKLAH O MA BAR ASS O CIATI O N table of contents May 25, 2013 • Vol. 84 • No. 15 page 1091 Events Calendar 1094 Index to Court Opinions 1095 Court of Civil Appeals Opinions 1109 In Memoriam 1111 Judicial Nominating Commission Election Candidates 1114 Sovereignty Symposium 2013 1118 Disposition of Cases Other Than by Publication Vol. 84 — No. 15 — 5/25/2013 The Oklahoma Bar Journal 1093 Index to Opinions of Court of Civil Appeals 2013 OK CIV APP 42 THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, Plaintiff, vs. FIRST AMERICAN TITLE & TRUST COMPANY, Defendant/Cross-Defendant/Appellee, and BURNS PAVING COMPANY, Defendant/Cross-Plaintiff/Appellant, and FIRST AMERICAN TITLE & TRUST COMPANY, Third Party Plaintiff, vs. METHVIN ENTERPRISES, INC., an Oklahoma corporation, and JERL METHVIN, individually, Third Party Defendants, and DPC INVESTMENTS, LLC, Intervenor. Case No. 110,268 ........................... 1095 2013 OK CIV APP 40 HSRE-PEP I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, substituted as Plaintiff for FIRST UNITED BANK AND TRUST CO., an Oklahoma banking asso- ciation, Plaintiff/Appellee, vs. HSRE-PEP CRIMSON PARK LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, substitute as Defendant for FIRST UNITED PROPERTY HOLD- ING COMPANY, LLC, SERIES B, a series of First United Property Holding, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company; BENEFIT BANK, Frisco Branch; AIRTIME INC., an Oklahoma corporation; MITCHELL GEE, an individual; SAUNDRA DESELMS, Treasurer for Cleveland County, Oklahoma; and the BOARD OF COUN- TY COMMISSIONERS OF CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, Defendants, and BENEFIT BANK, Plaintiff/Appellant, vs. ADUDDELL DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC; ODG-OU, LLC; FIRST UNITED BANK & TRUST CO.; FIRST UNITED PROP- ERTY HOLDING COMPANY, LLC, SERIES B, a series of First United Property Hold- ing Company, LLC; MITCHELL GEE d/b/a AIRTIME, INC.; GARY D. BROOKS; KENNY W. THOMAS; DAVID W. ADUDDELL; and J. GLENN RANKIN, Defen- dants. Case No. 109,777; Comp. w/110,288 .................................................................................. 1098 2013 OK CIV APP 41 Terry B. Noble and Cynthia N. Noble, Plaintiffs, vs. JERRY BOYD NOBLE, Defendant/Appellant, RONALD DEAN DAYTON and COREY WAYNE DAYTON, Appellees. Case No. 110,176 ......................................................................................... 1101 2013 OK CIV APP 43 GUSTAVO LOPEZ and VALERIE LOPEZ, Plaintiffs/Appellants, vs. TODD B. ROLLINS; KATHERINE ANN ROLLINS; TODD B. ROLLINS LIVING TRUST; KATHERINE A. ROLLINS LIVING TRUST; NEWPORT APPRAISAL CO., INC.; McGRAW DAVISSON STEWART, LLC; WALTER & ASSOCIATES, INC.; LAURA HAWKINS; and BLAKE LOVELESS, Defendants/Appellees. Case No. 110,755 ................................................................................................................................................. 1103 1094 The Oklahoma Bar Journal Vol. 84 — No. 15 — 5/25/2013 Court of Civil Appeals Opinions Manner and Form of Opinions in the Appellate Courts; See Rule 1.200, Rules — Okla. Sup. Ct. R., 12 O.S. Supp. 1996 (1997 T. 12 Special Supplement) 2013 OK CIV APP 42 liability by alterations to a subcontract between Principal and Subcontractor. Disputes of mate- THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, Plaintiff, rial fact as to liability of the various parties are vs. FIRST AMERICAN TITLE & TRUST unresolved. We reverse and remand for further COMPANY, Defendant/Cross-Defendant/ proceedings. Appellee, and BURNS PAVING COMPANY, Defendant/Cross-Plaintiff/Appellant, and ¶2 This case involves a dispute over a sure- FIRST AMERICAN TITLE & TRUST ty’s liability on a subdivision bond. Obligee COMPANY, Third Party Plaintiff, vs. sued Surety and Subcontractor, alleging Obli- METHVIN ENTERPRISES, INC., an gee approved Surety’s