Legal Opinion

Special Indemnity Fund v. Wilson

Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided November 12, 1996No. 86934Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RAPP, Chief Judge.

The Special Indemnity Fund appeals the trial court’s award of total permanent disability to the claimant, Geneva Wilson, and ordering the Fund to pay the award and attorney’s fees.

The facts here are not in dispute and do not require elaboration. The essentials are as follows:

1) Wilson’s first injury occurred to her back on February 11, 1989. At this time she did not have any known preexisting compensable injury. For this injury she received an award of 45% to the body as a whole.

2) Wilson’s second compensable injury occurred on January 3, 1990. This injury…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. Special Indemnity FundSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1986
  2. Cavett v. PetersonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1984
  3. Levi v. Special Indemnity FundSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1964
  4. Special Indemnity Fund v. CorbinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1948
  5. Berna v. Maloney-Crawford Tank Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1955

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