IWUNOH v. MAREMONT CORP.

No. 59417.

692 P.2d 548 (1984)

Darla B. IWUNOH, Claimant-Respondent, v. MAREMONT CORPORATION, Employer-Petitioner, Own Risk, Insurance Carrier.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Dodson, Manners, Lawter, Abney, Pitts & Chestnut, Walter Jenny, Jr., Lawter & Pitts, Oklahoma City, for claimant-respondent.

Paul Alan Whinery, Holloway, Dobson, Hudson & Bachman, Oklahoma City, for employer-petitioner.


OPALA, Justice:

The issue presented on certiorari is whether reasonable expenses of claimant's self-procured medical treatment, found to be necessary, were legally chargeable to the employer even though the services of the physician had been rendered without prior court or employer approval. We answer in the affirmative.

The claimant suffered a back injury while employed at the petitioner's [employer's] workplace. The trial tribunal found she had sustained...

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