Every person, firm, corporation, association, and every agent or employee of any such person, firm, corporation, or association, who violates any of the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be liable to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment; and in addition thereof, if such violation results in physical or electrical contact with any overhead high voltage line or conductor, the person, firm, corporation or association violating the provisions of this act, shall be liable to the owner or operator of such high voltage line or conductor for all damage to such facilities and for all liability incurred by such owner or operator as a result of any such accidental contact. Added by Laws 1963, c. 118, § 4, emerg. eff. May 31, 1963.
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Ring v. Pub. Serv. Co. of Oklahoma, 775 P.2d 1356 (Okla. 1989).
· cites it 12× “” In addition to criminal penalties, the terms of 63 O.S.1981 § 984 4 1) impose civil liability upon violators for all damage to electrical facilities and 2) allow indemnification “for all liability incurred by such owner or operator as a result of any such accidental contact.”
Liberty Mut. Ins. v. East Cent. Oklahoma Elec. Coop., 97 F.3d 383 (10th Cir. 1996).
· cites it 5× “In response, East Central filed in the state court actions a third-party petition against Creek County Well Service, seeking payment under Oklahoma’s “Six-Foot Rule,” see Okla.Stat. tit. 63, § 984, for any liability it would incur as a result of the power line accident.”
Travelers Ins. Co. v. L v. French Truck Serv., Inc., 770 P.2d 551 (Okla. 1989).
· cites it 3× “1981 § 981? 2 and (2) Is an action seeking recovery under 63 O.S.1981 § 984 3 for “all liability incurred” time-barred because it was filed over three years after the statute’s violation? We answer both questions in the negative.”
Travelers Ins. v. Panama-Williams, Inc., 424 F. Supp. 1156 (N.D. Okla. 1976).
· cites it 3× “As previously stated, 63 O.S. § 984 provides that a firm violating the provisions of the statute “shall be liable to the owner or operator of such high voltage line .”
Deffenbaugh v. Hudson, 791 P.2d 84 (Okla. 1990).
“After paying an agreed judgment for the worker, the defendant’s liability carrier (as subrogee) sought indemnification from the employer (trucking company) based on a statute (63 O.S.1981 § 984) which imposes liability in favor of a power line owner for the loss due to…”
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