City of Moore v. Snyder

BACON, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is brought by the employer in a workers’ compensation case. The trial court awarded claimant compensation for permanent partial disability to the back and also permanent partial disability to the body due to mental disorder. The court en banc affirmed the trial judge. Employer now appeals.

In early 1979, Wanda M. Snyder (claimant) had worked for over three years as a “housekeeper” for the City of Moore, Oklahoma (employer). Her duties included general cleaning chores in the Moore City Hall Building.

On May 9, 1979, claimant was injured while removing trash…