Legal Opinion
Bronson Trailers & Trucks v. Newman
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided June 27, 2006No. 101,458PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOpala, J.
¶ 1 Today’s certiorari presses two questions for our decision: (1) Is a trial judge’s initial award of benefits, made in accordance with the provisions of 85 O.S. Supp.1997 § 16(D), 3 a final order that a worker is permanently totally disabled? and (2) Did the trial judge impermissibly terminate that order? We answer both questions in the negative.
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ANATOMY OF THE LITIGATION
¶ 2 Claimant (claimant or Newman), a general repairman, 4 sustained an accidental on- the-job injury to his right hand (and consequential injury to his left foot) 5 while he was employed by Bronson Trailers and Trucks…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Parks v. Norman Municipal HospitalSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1984
- Kluver v. Weatherford Hospital AuthoritySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1993
- Neil Acquisition, L.L.C. v. Wingrod Investment Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1996
- TRW/Reda Pump v. BrewingtonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1992
- Nealis v. BairdSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1999
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Hopkins v. ByrdCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 2006
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- SHAW GROUP, INC. v. GreerCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 2012
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