Legal Opinion
Garrison v. Bechtel Corp.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 24, 1995No. 82767PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAUGER, Vice Chief Justice.
Two issues are presented: 1) whether appellate courts, when reviewing the Workers’ Compensation Court’s determination of whether a worker was hired in Oklahoma, may utilize the any competent evidence standard of review; and 2) whether the worker was hired within Oklahoma. We find that: 1) because the issue of whether an employee was hired in Oklahoma is a jurisdictional question, appellate courts — rather than accepting the findings of the Workers’ Compensation Court if supported by competent evidence — must review the record de novo to determine whether an…
2Cases cited60 opinions
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