Legal Opinion
Dean v. Multiple Injury Trust Fund
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 17, 2006No. 100,295, 100,371PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINCHESTER, V.C.J.
{1 There are three issues in this class action from Workers' Compensation Court: whether the court erred by refusing to certify the petitioners' awards to the district court pursuant to 85 0.8.2001, § 42, whether the special treatment of the Multiple Injury Trust Fund in § 42 is constitutional and whether the trial court may redetermine who may opt out of the class.
I. FACTS
1 2 This case has a long history, with three previously published opinions from the Court of Civil Appeals: Dean v. Special Indemnity Fund, 1998 OK CIV APP 30, 956 P.2d 945; Multiple Injury Trust Fund v.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- TRW/Reda Pump v. BrewingtonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1992
- Patel v. OMH Medical Center, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1999
- Samman v. Multiple Injury Trust FundSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2001
- Head v. McCrackenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2004
- Tibbetts v. Sight 'N Sound Appliance Centers, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2003
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Bierman v. Aramark Refreshment Services, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2008
- Hanson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2009
- BALL v. MULTIPLE INJURY TRUST FUNDSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2015
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