Davis v. Southwestern Bell Telephone

¶ 1 Judge Richard L. Blanchard denied claimant’s workers’ compensation claim on the grounds that he failed to rebut by a preponderance of the evidence the presumption that the injury was not work related because he did not report the injury to employer or receive medical treatment for his alleged work-related injury within thirty (30) days from the date of the injury.

¶ 2 Title 85 O.S.2001 § 24.2 provides that if an injury occurs on the job, the injured employee must either give notice to the employer or receive medical treatment within thirty (30) days of the date the injury occurred or face…