¶1 Defendants/Appellants Freedom Leaf, LLC ("Freedom Leaf") and Aaron Goldberg ("Goldberg") (collectively the "Appellants") appeal the trial court's July 16, 2020, Order denying the Motion to Vacate the trial court's July 9, 2020 Order Appointing Receiver, which Plaintiff/Appellee Mark Truett II ("Appellee") obtained ex parte . Appellant has asked this Court to review whether the notice given, the evidence supplied, and the inquiry made into the fitness of the receiver were sufficient to justify the Order Appointing Receiver and whether the appeal bond, which the trial court set at 500% of the receiver's bond, was proper. While notice is not a prerequisite for the ex parte appointment of a receiver, upon review we nevertheless find the trial court abused its discretion when it refused to vacate the Order Appointing Receiver because it was issued over and against the clear weight of the evidence. Moreover, the inquiry made into the fitness of the receiver was insufficient under the circumstances, and the appeal bond was set in error. For these reasons, the trial court's Order Appointing Receiver should have been vacated upon Appellants' Motion. Therefore, we reverse.

¶1 Ivan Wayne, M.D. (Wayne), appeals judgment in favor of Bridgette Burleson in a medical negligence action, memorializing the grant of partial summary judgment to Burleson on the issue of liability, and a jury verdict awarding damages in the amount of $125,000.00. 

¶1 Mark Allen Pendergraft appeals the district court's order dismissing his case with prejudice. The district court found that defendant Alissa Wells, now Brooks, and Pendergraft reached a settlement during a court-ordered mediation and that the settlement constituted an enforceable contract. The district court granted Brooks' motion to enforce the settlement and granted judgment in favor of Brooks. When Brooks paid the agreed settlement amount, the district court dismissed Pendergraft's case. Pendergraft failed to preserve for appellate review the district court's judgment granting Brooks' motion to enforce the settlement agreement. The order of dismissal fulfilled one term of the parties' settlement contract and one obligation Pendergraft voluntarily assumed when he signed the settlement agreement. Because Pendergraft has failed to show that the district court erred in dismissing his case, the order of dismissal is affirmed.

SUBURBAN REALTY CO. v. CANTLEY
2021 OK CIV APP 23
Case Number: 118349; Comp. w/118948
Decided: 05/27/2021
Mandate Issued: 06/30/2021

¶1 Homeowners Pamela Cantley, Douglas Rainwater, Jason Knapp, Donald J. Morehouse, Susan C. Morehouse, Lyle Arbuckle, and Donnie Calhoun appeal a judgment in favor of Suburban Realty Co., Inc. Suburban counter-appeals that part of the same judgment denying Suburban's alternative claim to vacate a portion of a Plat. The Pretrial Order listed additional homeowners as trial participants, but Homeowners listed above are the only members of that group shown as parties to this appeal.