Legal Opinion
Altus House Nursing v. Roberts
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided June 11, 1982No. 56534PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHTMIRE, Judge.
The principal question raised in this worker’s compensation case is whether the trial court impermissibly evaluated disability resulting from a hip joint injury as a percentage of the whole body rather than of the leg alone. We hold it did not and sustain the award.
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On August 13, 1979, while working as a cook for respondent, Altus House Nursing, the 63-year-old claimant, Maxine Roberts, turned her ankle and fell in such a manner that her left knee hit the concrete floor and she wound up on her back. Hospital personnel determined that she had fractured her left femur near the…
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