Beets v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

995 P.2d 1071 (1999)

1999 OK 15

Jerri Lynn BEETS, Petitioner,

v.

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Travelers Insurance Company and The Workers' Compensation Court, Respondents.

No. 91,416.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 2, 1999.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 2000.

As Corrected January 10, 11, and January 13, 2000.

Michael R. Green, Tulsa, For Petitioner.

Rebecca Harvey, Brigid F. Kennedy, Oklahoma City, For Respondents.

¶ 1 KAUGER, J.:

¶ 2 The dispositive issue presented on certiorari[1] is whether the trial court abused its discretion when it admitted an untimely filed medical report. Under the facts…