Legal Opinion
Barnhill v. Smithway Motor Express
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 12, 1999No. 92,179PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAVENDER, J:
¶ 1 The issue on certiorari is whether the decision of an Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court three-judge panel is supported by competent evidence. The decision affirmed a trial judge’s denial of benefits to claimant, a truck driver, for injury suffered at his home on the last day of his vacation, when he fell off the step(s) of employer-owned tractor (cab) while attempting to put a small refrigerator owned by him into the cab. The trial judge’s denial was based on finding the injury did not arise out of and in the course of employment. We hold the panel decision is supported by…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Thomas v. Keith Hensel Optical LabsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
- American Management Systems, Inc. v. BurnsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
- Corbett v. Express PersonnelSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1997
- Lanman v. Oklahoma County Sheriff's OfficeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1998
- Fudge v. University of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1983
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