Oklahoma Petroleum Workers' Compensation Ass'n v. Mid-Continent Casualty Co.

BOUDREAU, Presiding Judge.

The Oklahoma Petroleum Workers’ Compensation Association (TOPWCA), an own-risk group, appeals an order of the trial court requiring it to pay one-half of Claimant’s workers’ compensation benefits. The issues on appeal are two-fold: (1) Is a cumulative trauma injury divisible in nature such that liability can be apportioned between successive insurance carriers and (2) if not, what is the date of injury for assessing liability between two successive insurance carriers in cumulative trauma cases after November 1, 1985. Having reviewed the record and applicable law, we…