Legal Opinion

Henry v. Smith

Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided July 28, 1987No. 67025PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRIGHTMIRE, Presiding Judge.

Involved here is a workers’ compensation claim being prosecuted by an employee of Slick’s Bar-B-Que who injured her back and tailbone after falling on Slick’s slick floor. The sole issue presented is whether the trial court’s compensation award is im-permissibly based on a finding of a lesser amount of impairment than is supported by competent medical evidence. We hold that it is, vacate the order appealed and remand for further proceedings.

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On October 4,1984, twenty-eight-year-old Patricia Diane Henry slipped and fell on a water-and-grease-covered concrete floor…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. AMF Tubescope Company v. HatchelSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1976
  2. Special Indemnity Fund v. StocktonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. LaBarge v. ZebcoSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1988
  2. Perlinger v. J.C. Rogers Construction Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1988
  3. LaBarge v. ZebcoSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1988
  4. Perlinger v. J.C. Rogers Construction Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1988

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