STATE INS. FUND v. BROOKS

Nos. 67030 to 67036, 67105, 67106, 67115 to 67117, 67236 to 67238, 67258, 67340, 67341, 67534, 67785, 68865, 69065, 69066, 69110, 69112.

755 P.2d 653 (1988)

STATE INSURANCE FUND, Petitioner, v. Melvin R. BROOKS, Norman L. Womack, Thurman N. Clements, J.C. Solomon, Lloyd Taber, Floyd T. Taber, Daniel J. Laymon, James H. Waller, Johnie Towns, Larry L. Taber, Woodrow Griffith, Doyle L. Hughart, Frank L. Hargrove, Billy Gene Fisher, Thurman Hand, Jerry W. Noe, David A. Gobble and Federated Metals Corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelin A. Hobbs, Robert Highsaw, Oklahoma City, for petitioner, State Ins. Fund.

Robert L. Shepherd, Tulsa, for respondent, Federated Metals Corp.

Bryce Hill, Wilson Jones, Frasier & Frasier, Tulsa, for all other respondents.


OPALA, Justice.

The issues presented in this consolidated proceeding for review are: [1] Did the Workers' Compensation Court have jurisdiction to make the challenged awards against the State Insurance Fund? and if so, [2] Are the terms of the awards ambiguous and do they warrant modification because they were incorrectly phrased in the disjunctive, namely against the insurer or the employer? We answer the first question...

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