Legal Opinion
SHEPARD v. OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 24, 2015No. 113,033PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdmondson, J.
I 1 An insurance carrier sought review of a previous award of the Workers' Compensation Court that provided an injured worker with continuing necessary medical treatment in the form of prescriptions for pain management. The physicians for both sides to this dispute agreed that guidelines for treatment authorized by former 85 O.S.2011 § 326(G) did not provide for prescriptions as treatment for this worker's chronic pain. We conclude that the worker's statutory right under a former statute to necessary medical treatment that became a court award prior to the effective date of both 85 O.S.2011 §…
2Cases cited64 opinions
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- Lessee of Livingston v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1833
- Williams Companies v. DunkelgodSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2012
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