Dobson v. Edwards

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Dobson v. Edwards

1998 OK 62, 958 P.2d 168, 1998 Okla. LEXIS 69, 1998 WL 375989

Supreme Court of Oklahoma·Decided June 1, 1998·No. No. 91195·Published·Cited by 1 cases

Opinion

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.

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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.

Dobson v. Edwards, 1998 OK 62, 958 P.2d 168, 1998 Okla. LEXIS 69, 1998 WL 375989 (Okla. 1998).

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