BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER OF OK v. AGUIRRE

No. 84933.

930 P.2d 213 (1996)

BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER OF OKLAHOMA, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Indalecio A. AGUIRRE, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

December 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry K. Roberts and B. David Sisson, Norman, for Defendant-Appellant.

Robert T. Luttrell, III and John K. Williams, Williams, Luttrell & Boren, P.C., Oklahoma City, for Plaintiff-Appellee.


OPALA, Justice.

The dispositive issue on certiorari is whether the district court must defer to the Workers' Compensation Court [WC court] the tendered issue of an injured worker's liability for medical bills incurred in treatment of a compensable injury when the latter tribunal's jurisdiction is invoked during the pendency of a health care provider's [district court] action for recovery on open account against...

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