Legal Opinion
Hughes Drilling Co. v. Morgan
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided June 24, 1982No. 56702PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAVENDER, Justice.
This is an appeal brought by the insurance carrier in a workers’ compensation ease. The trial court awarded claimant compensation for permanent partial disability resulting from a work-related injury. The court en banc modified the order of the trial court in part by deleting paragraph 7 of the order which states: “That Trial Court declines to appoint an independent physician. Respondent’s medical evidence, taken as a whole is incompetent in that it does not rate separately all the areas injured”; and substituting therefore: “That respondent’s motion for independent…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Texas Portland Cement Co. v. McCordSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Sneed v. SneedSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1978
- State Ex Rel. Wever v. ReevesIndiana Supreme Court · 1951
- Price v. PriceMississippi Supreme Court · 1947
- County Board of Supervisors of Platte Co. v. BreeseNebraska Supreme Court · 1960
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3Cited by45 opinions
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