Visteon Corp. v. Yazel

Dissenting Opinion by

BAY MITCHELL, Presiding Judge:

¶ 1 The majority’s opinion hinges on imposing a burden of “strict proof’ on Visteon to prove compliance with the notice provision in 68 O.S.2001 § 2884(B) to establish the district court’s jurisdiction to hear its appeal. Their sole authority is Macsuga v. Moreno, 2003 OK 24, ¶ 5, 66 P.3d 409, 411, a worker’s compensation case that holds the claimant “must be held to strict proof that he was an employee of [respondant/employer] in order to be covered by the provisions of the [Workers’ Compensation] Act.” I disagree that strict proof is…