Legal Opinion
Cole v. Silverado Foods, Inc.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 7, 2003No. 98,150PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPALA, V.C.J.
T1 The issue on certiorari is whether the provisions of 85 O.S. Supp.1997 § 43(B), which were enacted during the claim's pen-dency and whose terms shorten from five to three years the period within which unadju-dicated elements of a compensation claim must be pressed for resolution before they stand barred by lapse of time, govern this cage. We answer in the negative.
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ANATOMY OF THE LITIGATION
T2 On 22 July 1997 Regina Cole (Cole or employee or claimant) filed two workers' compensation claims, alleging two separate job-related injuries, sustained while she was employed by…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Mires v. HoganSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
- Smith v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
- Trinity Broadcasting Corp. v. Leeco Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1984
- Matter of Estate of SpeakeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
- Thomas v. Cumberland Operating Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1977
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Williams Companies v. DunkelgodSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2012
- King Manufacturing v. MeadowsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2005
- Dean v. Multiple Injury Trust FundSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2006
- Estate of Bell-Levine v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2012
- Scruggs v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2007
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