BROWN v. MULDROW PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Citations

• 2024 OK CIV APP 20

Syllabus

¶1 Defendant/Appellant, Muldrow Public Schools (\the School District\) has appealed the Journal Entry of Judgment which followed a jury's verdict and resulted in an award to Plaintiff/Appellee, George Christopher Brown of $125,000.00 in damages and an additional $16,061.74 in costs. The School District alleged error concerning the trial court's (1) denial of its Motion for a Directed Verdict (2) denial of three requested jury instructions and (3) computation and award of damages, fees, and costs. We find the trial court properly denied both the School District's Directed Verdict and requested jury instructions at issue. We also find that, while the trial court award of damages in the amount of $125,000.00 was correct, the trial court erred in its award of expert costs to Brown in excess of the $125,000.00 damages. We, thus, affirm the trial court's judgment in part and vacate in part.