City of Frederick v. Elmore

The trial judge did not award medical benefits to claimant and claimant did not appeal to the State Industrial Court en banc. The court en banc awarded the medical benefits notwithstanding claimant’s failure to appeal. Respondent argues that claimant’s right to medical benefits was not properly before the court en banc and it had no authority to award such benefits. To sustain the award the majority opinion relies upon certain language contained in 85 O.S.1971 § 77(9), and the following decisions: Amerada Petroleum Corporation v. Hester, 188 Okl. 394, 109 P.2d 820 (1941); Edmonds v. Skelly…