Legal Opinion
National Zinc Company v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided July 27, 1976No. 48076PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOOLIN, Justice.
Petitioners, hereafter Respondents, seek review of an order awarding additional compensation for increased disability resulting from change of condition for the worse subsequent to the last prior order.
Claim for compensation, filed after retirement in 1968, alleged disability from pulmonary emphysema caused by occupational disease. Medical evidence was in agreement as to Claimant’s total permanent disability, but in severe conflict as to cause of disability.
Claimant presented medical reports of three examining physicians. One did not evaluate disability, but did not consider…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Barnsdall Oil Co. v. State Industrial CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
- Brown Bros. v. ParksSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
- Deep Rock Oil Corp. v. EvansSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
- Nuway Laundry Company v. HackerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1964
- Bryant-Hayward Drilling Company v. CookSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1971
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Bill Hodges Truck Co. v. GillumSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
- Lucero v. Climax Molybdenum Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1987
- Ceradsky v. Mid-America Dairymen, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1979
- Thompson v. Duke Construction Co.Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1984
- Lucero v. Climax Molybdenum Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1985
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