Legal Opinion
Lee Way Motor Freight, Inc. v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided April 1, 1980No. 53354PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRWIN, Vice Chief Justice.
In July, 1977, claimant Wilson sustained a compensable injury. In September, 1978, he was awarded seventy percent (70%) permanent partial disability to the body as a whole. In January, 1979, upon claimants application, and testimony demonstrating that he was unable to exist on the weekly benefit and had incurred considerable indebtedness while unable to work, the trial court commuted the balance of his award to a lump-sum and ordered the payment of approximately $10,000.00.
Petitioner first contends that'there was. insufficient evidence upon which the trial court…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Special Indemnity Fund v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1948
- Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. WatkinsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
- Apple v. State Insurance FundSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1975
- Washabaugh v. Bartlett Collins Glass Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
- Caswell v. BirdSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1932
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Beets v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2011
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