MULTIPLE INJURY TRUST FUND v. COBURN

No. 115,152, No. 115,153, No. 115,154, No. 115,155.

386 P.3d 628 (2016)

2016 OK 120

MULTIPLE INJURY TRUST FUND, Petitioner, v. Willie A. COBURN and The Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims, Respondents. Multiple Injury Trust Fund, Petitioner, v. Billie H. Sturdivant and The Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims, Respondents. Multiple Injury Trust Fund, Petitioner, v. Charles E. Crosslin and The Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims, Respondents. Multiple Injury Trust Fund, Petitioner, v. Lymon Williams and The Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Filed December 6, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas B. Cubberley , Philip Redwine , Redwine and Cubberly, Norman, Oklahoma, for Petitioner.

Bob Burke , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Richard A. Bell , Norman Oklahoma, for Respondents.


¶ 1 The parties disagree on which statute controls the controversy. The Multiple Injury Trust Fund (Fund) argues 85 O.S.Supp.2005 § 30(D) controls the rights of the lawyers to an attorney's fee. The claimants' lawyers argue 85 O.S.Supp.2005 § 172 controls the rights of the lawyers to an attorney's fee, and the Workers...

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