Oklahoma Utilities Co. v. Johnson

The parties will be referred to as petitioner and respondent. This is the second time this matter has been before this court. The first appeal is reported in 173 Okla. 352, 48 P. (2d) 824, in which this court affirmed an award.

This phase of the case presents purely a question of jurisdiction of the State Industrial Commission to enter an award for medical expenses. The reasonableness of the fee is not contested and petitioner relies upon those authorities which express the rule that before medical services incurred by an employee can be recognized as a valid claim by the State Industrial…