Central Oklahoma Pipeline, Inc., D/b/a Cenok Pipeline, Inc. v. Hawk Field Services, LLC Petrohawk Operating, Inc., A…

Summary

The court affirmed summary judgment against CenOk on its contract, deceptive-trade-practices, and negligence-related claims. It held that CenOk’s natural-gas pipeline work fell within the statutory definition of contractor construction, so the licensing statute barred an unlicensed contractor from enforcing its contract or recovering in quantum meruit. The court also upheld the statute against the state constitutional challenge and concluded that the licensing-notice statute created no private cause of action against engineers or vicarious liability against the Hawk defendants.