HACKLER v. SPEED PARTS WAREHOUSE

No. 66088.

775 P.2d 1362 (1989)

Darlene HACKLER (Povenmire), Petitioner, v. SPEED PARTS WAREHOUSE, Fireman's Fund Insurance Cos. and the Workers' Compensation Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

June 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey R. Schoborg, Messrs. Blackstock, Joyce, Pollard and Montgomery, Tulsa, for petitioner.

Walter M. Bower, Robinson and Bower, Inc., Oklahoma City, for respondents.


OPALA, Vice Chief Justice.

The dispositive issue on review is whether the worker's compensation claim for a job-related injury is time-barred. We answer in the affirmative.

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THE ANATOMY OF LITIGATION

Darlene Hackler [worker] was injured on January 7, 1975 in a job-related accident when she fell from a seven-foot shelf. The worker immediately reported the mishap to Speed Parts Warehouse [employer] and then went to a nearby clinic...

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