Legal Opinion
Pryse Monument Co. v. District Court of Kay County
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided May 22, 1979No. 52821PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OP ALA, Justice:
A worker, injured on the job May 23, 1975, proceeded in the State Industrial Court1 for an award against his uninsured employer whose business was within the purview of the Workmen’s Compensation Act.2 The claim was held barred by one-year statute of limitations.3 In this proceeding the employer seeks prohibition against the worker’s prosecution of a subsequent district court suit, brought timely within two years4, to recover damages in tort for the same injury.
One who sustains an on-the-job injury while employed in a business which remains impermissibly uninsured though it is…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrathSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Chase Securities Corp. v. DonaldsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Stolfa v. GainesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1929
- Smedley v. State Industrial CourtSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1977
- Ice v. GardnerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
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3Cited by77 opinions
- Dyke v. Saint Francis Hospital, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1993
- Rodgers v. HigginsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
- Barfield v. BarfieldSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
- Shamblin v. BeasleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1999
- FARLEY v. CITY OF CLAREMORESupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2020
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