Dobson v. Edwards

Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Dobson v. Edwards, 958 P.2d 168 (Okla. 1998)
1998 OK 62; 1998 Okla. LEXIS 69; 1998 WL 375989
Hargrave, Hodges, Kauger, Lavender, Opala, Simms, Summers, Watt, Wilson

Dobson v. Edwards

Opinion of the Court

ORDER

KAUGER, Chief Justice.

Original jurisdiction is assumed. Let the writ prohibiting respondent judge, or any other assigned judge, from enforcing order filed April 15,, 1998 in Cause No. 98-1631K. The Workers’ Compensation Court is without authority to require that the claimant provide the employer and its workers’ compensation insurance carrier an unrestricted medical release. Nitzel v. Jackson, Okl., 879 P.2d 1222 (1994).

SUMMERS, V.C.J., and LAVENDER, SIMMS, HARGRAVE, OPALA, ALMA WILSON and WATT, JJ., concur. HODGES, J., dissents.

Reference

Full Case Name
Steve DOBSON v. The Honorable Ellen C. EDWARDS, Workers' Compensation Judge
Cited By
1 case
Status
Published