Legal Opinion
Beets v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 10, 2011No. 91,416PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶1 KAUGER, J.:
¶2 The dispositive issue presented on certiorari1 is whether the trial court abused its discretion when it admitted an untimely filed medical report. Under the facts presented, the untimely filed medical report was properly admitted into evidence.
¶ 3 FACTS
¶ 4 While working for the respondent, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (the employer), the petitioner, Jerri Lynn Beets (the claimant) injured her back on December 24, 1994. Subsequently, the claimant filed a claim in the Workers’ Compensation Court, and on November 15, 1996, the court awarded her temporary total disability…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Peters v. Golden Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1979
- Gaines v. Sun Refinery and MarketingSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1990
- Henry v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1990
- Mills v. GrotheerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1998
- Lacy v. Schlumberger Well ServiceSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1992
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- EVANS & ASSOCIATES UTILITY SERVICES v. EspinosaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2011
- S.W. v. DuncanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2001
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