OKLAHOMA GAS & ELEC. v. DISTRICT COURT

No. 72037.

784 P.2d 61 (1989)

OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT, FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, State of Oklahoma, CHEROKEE COUNTY and the Honorable William H. Bliss, District Judge, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

December 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rod L. Cook, Roberta Browning Fields, Rainey, Ross, Rice & Binns, Oklahoma City, for petitioner-defendant below.

Harry Scoufos, Sallisaw, for George Baine, respondent-plaintiff below.

Harvey Chaffin, Tahlequah, for Dane Scott Knight, respondent-plaintiff below.


OPALA, Vice Chief Justice.

The issue tendered for our decision is whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the trial court to permit the defendant-petitioner to amend its answer. The purpose of the proposed amendment is to assert a counterclaim for contribution against the plaintiff in an action consolidated for purposes of trial with another cause in which the plaintiff stands as an alleged joint tortfeasor and which...

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