Legal Opinion · Dissent

Iwunoh v. Maremont Corp.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided March 13, 1984No. 59417Published

1DissentBarnes, Chief Justice

The majority finds meritorious the claimant’s allegation that an emergency existed *551at the time she sought medical treatment from Dr. M. Neither party presented any evidence of such emergency, nor did the court address the issue in its findings, and I therefore dissent to the portion, of the opinion which supports an allegation raised for the first time on appeal.

I also dissent from the finding that 85 O.S. 1981 § 14 permits retroactive approval of a change in physician after the claimant has exercised her initial unqualified right to choose a doctor. I find Burns v. Southwestern Preferred…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Gleason v. State Industrial CourtSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1965
  2. Burns v. Southwestern Preferred Properties, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1978
  3. Womack v. Boston FisheriesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1974

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