ALIMENTA, U.S.A. v. SAWYERS

No. 58658.

654 P.2d 660 (1982)

ALIMENTA, U.S.A., a corporation and Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., insurance Carrier, Petitioners, v. Jack B. SAWYERS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 2.

Released for Publication December 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don J. Gutteridge, Jr., Kerr, Irvine & Rhodes, Oklahoma City, Jan Eric Cartwright, Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, for petitioners.

Stipe, Gossett, Stipe, Harper & Estes by Craig Dawkins, Oklahoma City, for respondent.


Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Appeals December 2, 1982.

BRIGHTMIRE, Judge.

Did claimant, Jack Sawyers, plead and prove a recoverable claim under the Workers' Compensation Act, notwithstanding the fact that he referred to his injury as one arising from an occupational disease rather than an accident? We hold he did and sustain the trial court's award of 25 percent partial permanent disability.

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