{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1805","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-1805","heading":"Confidentiality of proceedings - Disclosure - Civil","body":"liability - Waiver of privilege.\n\nA. Any information received by a mediator or a person employed\n\nto assist a mediator, through files, reports, interviews, memoranda,\n\ncase summaries, or notes and work products of the mediator, is\n\nprivileged and confidential.\n\nB. No part of the proceeding shall be considered a matter of\n\npublic record.\n\nC. Other than a mediator's report to the court, no mediator,\n\ninitiating party, or responding party in a mediation proceeding\n\nshall be subject to administrative or judicial process requiring\n\ndisclosure of any matters discussed or shall disclose any\n\ninformation obtained during any part of the mediation proceedings\n\nincluding but not limited to mediation scheduling, attendance,\n\nparticipation, or discussion of any proposed settlement agreement,\n\nitems agreed upon or disputed, or the intent of the parties.\n\nD. Each mediation session shall be informal. No adjudication\n\nsanction or penalty may be made or imposed by the mediator or the\n\nprogram.\n\nE. No mediator, employee, or agent of a mediator shall be held\n\nliable for civil damages for any statement or decision made in the\n\nprocess of mediating or settling a dispute unless the action of such\n\nperson was a result of gross negligence with malicious purpose or in\n\na manner exhibiting willful disregard of the rights, safety, or\n\nproperty of any party to the mediation.\n\nF. If a party who has participated in mediation brings an\n\naction for damages against a mediator arising out of mediation, for\n\npurposes of that action the privilege provided for in subsection A\n\nof this section shall be deemed to be waived as to the party\n\nbringing the action.","path":["OK Code","Title 12"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os12.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"efc39e6087417166cee9f4c6b4391d6af3935b54c55eadd508312f226f50755a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1804","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1806"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}