Legal Opinion
Heintz v. Trucks for You, Inc.
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided April 13, 1999No. 92,215PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReif, J.
¶ 1 Martin Emery Heintz appeals the dismissal of the suit he filed against his employer Trucks For You, Inc., for alleged bad faith in handling his workers’ compensation claim. There was no controversy that Mr. Heintz sustained a serious job-related injury in a motor vehicle collision that was not his fault. Mr. Heintz contended that Trucks For You acted in bad faith by (1) waiting an unreasonable time to make an offer for subrogation apportionment of settlement proceeds paid by the driver who caused the accident, and (2) delaying payment of a portion of the trial court’s permanent partial…
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- Lum v. Lee Way Motor Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
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