CITY OF LAWTON v. LEWIS

No. 50293.

566 P.2d 133 (1977)

CITY OF LAWTON, Oklahoma, Petitioner, v. Jarrold R. LEWIS, and State Industrial Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

June 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell D. Bennett, Lawton, for petitioner.

Roy D. Moore, Lawton, for respondents.


DAVISON, Justice:

Claim for compensation alleged claimant had sustained stomach ulcer, nervous disorder and back injury, incurred during discharge of duties as a member of respondent's police department. Basis of claim was stress and anxiety psychosis, occasioned from an incident in 1972 when claimant killed a suspect in the line of duty. A second incident occurred in 1976, when claimant shot and wounded a suspect. Back injury...

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