National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburg v. Garlington

OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

This is an appeal in a Workers Compensation case. Phillip David Garlington brought suit as a result of injuries sustained while working on an oil rig in Oklahoma. After a jury trial, he was awarded total and permanent benefits. The insurer brings forth a single point of error, viz:

“The Trial Court erred permitting Garland Picou, a physical therapist, to testify to the cause of thrombophlebitus and its affects on the physical condition of the Plaintiff because Mr. Picou, as a physical therapist, was not qualified to render sophisticated opinions on specific complicated…