McGhee v. Oklahoma Metal Heat Treating

WILSON, Presiding Judge:

This workers’ compensation case involves a statute of limitation problem. The specific issue is whether the limitation statute was tolled or waived when the claimant, within one year of his injury and at the suggestion of his employer’s insurance carrier, went to his own doctor who performed a medical examination but prescribed no medication or therapy or other measures.

Claimant Paul McGhee, an employee of Oklahoma Metal Heat Treating sought compensation for a leg injury he suffered at work on June 19, 1978 when he was run into by a forklift. His employer rushed him to…