Collard v. Coldiron Line Trucking

BACON, Judge.

This appeal involves a workers’ compensation case. It is a case of first impression in Oklahoma. The issue to be decided involves a question of law and does not involve the issue of whether the judgment is supported by competent evidence. The question of law to be decided is whether the trial judge must “refer the employee to a qualified physician or facility for evaluation of the practicability of, need for and kind of rehabilitation services” after requested to do so by Claimant. The trial judge said no. We disagree and reverse.

The record shows, and it is undisputed, that…