OSU Summary Dispute

Dispute Summary - OSU Case <Tab/>On January 27, 2001, a group of 10 Oklahoma State University basketball players and officials were killed when their small plane in route to Stillwater, Oklahoma crashed. Victims include Nate Fleming, a freshman guard; Dan Lawson, a junior guard; Bill Teegins, a play-by-play announcer; Kendall Durfey, a broadcast engineer; Will Hancock, a sports information employee; Pat Noyes, director of basketball operations; Brian Luinstra, a trainer; Jared Weiberg, a …

…tell either party what to do, or make a judgment about who is right or wrong. Control over the outcome of the case stays with the parties. I believe the decision for mediation was beneficial to both the plaintiff's and Marathon Power Technologies Company because it enacted prompt resolution of disputes, both parties have control of outcome through communication, no need for extensive discovery, parties participate in the problem-solving process, and a more cost-effective process.