Scholarly Lectures and Writings: This article discusses duty of an insurer in Oklahoma to promptly pay its insured amounts that are not in dispute where there is no legal or factual issue regarding said undisputed amounts or else the insurance company is subject to a bad faith action., Payment of the Undisputed Amount in Uninsured Motorist Claims: What Insurance Companies and Attorneys Should Know, Oklahoma Bar Journal, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2008

Verdicts and Settlements: Oklahoma Court of Appeals (cert denied) reversed trial court and held that even though GAP agreement sold to car purchaser states that the GAP agreement is not insurance, the GAP agreement will be treated as insurance subjecting insurance company and its agents to claim for bad faith since (1) the purchaser parted with money for the GAP product, and (2) the GAP product purchased constituted a promise of one or more third parties to pay his debt (deficiency) upon the happening or occurrence of certain conditions (total loss by accident or theft) as evidenced by the GAP product.  See Embry v. Innovative Aftermarket Systems, LP, 2008 OK CIV APP 92, 198 P.3d 188., 2008, $9,000,000.00 jury verdict in wrongful death action against trucking company for young nurse who died in collision.  Cars backed up and nurse stopped 900 feet behind truck that lost control on ice and blocked all 3 lanes of traffic on icy bridge.  Another car (with no insurance) rearended stopped car with nurse in it, killing nurse.  Jury found trucking company 40% negligent for collision., 1996, Oklahoma Supreme Court accepted cert and reversed Court of Appeals and Trial Court, finding that on case of first impression, a municipal police officer qualifies as a "government authority" under the Financial Privacy Act (Act), 6 O.S. 1981 § 2201-2204 thus making bank liable when it releases any information to a "government authority" unless the institution has either the written consent of the customer for the specific record requested, or it has been served with a subpoena for the specific record pursuant to § 2204.  See Haworth v. Central Nat. Bank of Oklahoma City, 1989 OK 20769 P.2d 740., 1989