Hermetics Switch, Inc. v. Sales

OPALA, Justice:

The narrow first-impression question to be answered is whether the decision of a three-judge panel of the Workers’ Compensation Court which vacates the trial judge’s award or order and directs him to rehear the case is to be treated as reviewable under the provisions of 85 O.S.Supp. 1977 § 3.6 B, when the error assigned for review is that the decision is fatally defective on the face of the proceedings because the relief granted by the panel is clearly in excess of that sought before it by the employer as the sole appealing party. Our answer is in the negative. We hold that the…