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Volume 76 N No. 8 N Mar. 5, 2005 Court Material 578 The Oklahoma Bar Journal Vol. 76 — No. 8 — 3/5/2005 OFFICERS & BOARD OF GOVERNORS Michael D. Evans, President, Frederick William R. Grimm, President-Elect, Tulsa EVENTS CALENDAR Rick Bozarth, Vice President, Taloga Harry A. Woods Jr., Immediate MARCH Past President, Oklahoma City Stephen D. Beam, Weatherford 7 OBA Work, Life Balance Task Force Meeting; 12 p.m.; A. Camp Bonds Jr., Muskogee Oklahoma Bar Center, Oklahoma City and Tulsa County Bar Dietmar K. Caudle, Lawton Center, Tulsa; Contact: Melody Jester (405) 231-5484 J. William Conger, Oklahoma City OBA Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Meeting; 3 p.m.; Michael W. Hogan, McAlester Oklahoma Bar Center, Oklahoma City and Tulsa County Bar Jerome A. Holmes, Oklahoma City R. Victor Kennemer III, Wewoka Center, Tulsa; Contact: Daniel Woska (405) 235-1401 Steven R. Mackey, Tulsa 8 OBA Civil Procedure Committee Meeting; 3 p.m.; Oklahoma Bar Mike Mordy, Ardmore Center, Oklahoma City and Tulsa County Bar Center, Tulsa; Jon K. Parsley, Guymon Contact: Alison Cave (405) 272-9700 Robert B. Sartin, Tulsa Linda S. Thomas, Bartlesville Hudson-Hall-Wheaton Chapter of American Inns of Court; Luke Gaither, Henryetta, Chairperson, 5:30 p.m.; Fed. Bldg., 333 W. 4th Street, Tulsa; Contact: Leigh OBA/Young Lawyers Division Reaves at [email protected] or visit our Web site at www.hudsonhallwheaton.com BAR CENTER STAFF John Morris Williams, Executive Director; Robert J. Turner Inn of Court; 5:30 p.m.; Oklahoma Bar Center, Dan Murdock, General Counsel; Donita Bourns Oklahoma City; Contact: Lori Fagan (405) 609-5400 Douglas, Director of Educational Programs; 10 OBA Strategic Planning Committee Meeting; 1 p.m.; Oklahoma Carol A. Manning, Director of Public Information; Bar Center, Oklahoma City; Contact: Bill Grimm (918) 584-1600 Craig D. Combs, Director of Administration; Gina L. Hendryx, Ethics Counsel; Jim Calloway, OBA Mentor Committee Meeting; 3 p.m.; Oklahoma Bar Center, Director of Management Assistance Program; Rick Oklahoma City and Tulsa County Bar Center, Tulsa; Contact: Loomis, Director of Information Systems; Beverly S. David Poarch (405) 325-0702 Petry, Administrator MCLE Commission; Elizabeth K. 11 OBA Evidence Code Committee Meeting; 2 p.m.; Oklahoma Bar Davis, Coordinator Law-related Education; Loraine Center, Oklahoma City; Contact: Leo Whinery (405) 325-4819 Dillinder Farabow, Nathan Lockhart and Mike Speegle, Assistant General Counsels; Tony R. Blasier, OBA Family Law Section Meeting; 3 p.m.; Oklahoma Bar Chief Investigator; Robert D. Hanks, Ray Page and Center, Oklahoma City and OSU Tulsa; Contact: Keith Jones Jim Yandell, Investigators (918) 747-4600 Nina Anderson, Manni Arzola, Jenn Barrett, Jo 16 OBA Volunteer Night at OETA; 5:45 p.m.; OETA Studio, Beall, Cheryl Beatty, Melissa Brown, Brenda Card, Oklahoma City; Contact: Carol Manning (405) 416-7016 Sandy Cowden, Sharon Dotson, Johnny Marie 18 OBA Bench and Bar Committee Meeting; 2 p.m.; Oklahoma Bar Floyd, Matt Gayle, Susan Hall, Suzi Hendrix, Adrian March, Heidi McComb, Jeanne Minson, Center, Oklahoma City and Tulsa County Bar Center, Tulsa; Misty Mitchell, Wanda Reece-Murray, Sandy Neal, Contact: Jack Brown (918) 581-8211 Patti Ownbey, Tim Priebe, Lori Rasmussen, Mark 19 OBA Title Examination Standards Committee Meeting; Schneidewent, Tiffany Toole & Roberta Yarbrough 9:30 a.m.; Oklahoma Bar Center, Oklahoma City; Contact: Kraettli EDITORIAL BOARD Epperson (405) 840-2470 Editor in Chief, John Morris Williams 23 Luther Bohanon Inn of Court; 5:30 p.m.; Oklahoma Bar Center, News & Layout Editor, Carol A. 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Vol. 76 — No. 8 — 3/5/2005 The Oklahoma Bar Journal 579 580 The Oklahoma Bar Journal Vol. 76 — No. 8 — 3/5/2005 OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION table of contents Mar. 5, 2005 • Vol. 76 • No. 8 page 579 EVENTS CALENDAR 582 BAR NEWS: OBA NOMINATING PETITIONS 583 INDEX TO COURT OPINIONS 585 SUPREME COURT OPINIONS 599 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS 603 COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS 607 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMISSION AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TRIBUNAL ANNUAL REPORT 615 MANDATES 619 DISPOSITION OF CASES OTHER THAN BY PUBLICATION Vol. 76 — No. 8 — 3/5/2005 The Oklahoma Bar Journal 581 BAR NEWS OBA Nominating Petitions (See Article II and Article III of the OBA Bylaws) OFFICERS VICE PRESIDENT JEROME A. HOLMES, OKLAHOMA CITY Petitions have been filed nominating Jerome A. Holmes for election of Vice President of the Board of Governors of the Oklahoma Bar Asso- ciation for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2006. A total of 361 signatures appear on the petitions. County Bar Resolutions Endorsing Nominee: Custer County, McCurtain County, Payne County, Washington County 582 The Oklahoma Bar Journal Vol. 76 — No. 8 — 3/5/2005 Index To Opinions Of Supreme Court 2004 OK 94 OKLAHOMA STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF CERTIFIED SHORTHAND REPORTERS, Petitioner, v. D.J. THOMPSON, Respondent. No. 99,944...........585 2005 OK 8 B-STAR, INC., an Oklahoma corporation, Appellee, v. POLYONE CORPORA- TION, formerly M.A. HANNA COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Appellant. No. 97,148...............................................................................................................................................585 2005 OK 9 STATE OF OKLAHOMA, ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. Phillip John Anderson, Respondent. SCBD No. 4775 ........................................585 2005 OK 10 NAOMI LEE THOMASON, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. RONALD M. PILGER, ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT, INC., and GREAT WEST CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendants/Appellees. No. 98,281 ....................................................................................................590 2005 OK 11 HOWARD LEE HILL, JR., Appellant, v. HEATHER DIANE BLEVINS, and D.S., Infant, Appellees. No. 100,504 ...................................................................................................593 Index To Opinions Of Court Of Criminal Appeals 2005 OK CR 1 NATALIE DAWN BLADES, Appellant, vs. STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellee. No. RE-2004-363 ..................................................................................................................599 Index To Opinions Of Court Of Civil Appeals CASES ASSIGNED TO DIVISIONS 1 AND 3 OF THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS ...................................603 CASES ASSIGNED TO DIVISIONS 2 AND 4 OF THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS ...................................604 CHRIS JOHNSON and SUZETTE JOHNSON, Husband and Wife; GILBERT L. DuPERTUIS and PATRICIA A. DuPERTIUS, Husband and Wife; and CHAD MILLER, Plaintiffs/Appellants, vs. JULIA AUGUST and JULIA AUGUST d/b/a TNT ENTERPRISES, Defendants/Appellees. No. 99,884 ..............................................................605 Vol. 76 — No. 8 — 3/5/2005 The Oklahoma Bar Journal 583 584 The Oklahoma Bar Journal Vol. 76 — No. 8 — 3/5/2005 Supreme Court 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)