LITTLE v. MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION

No. 87877.

938 P.2d 739 (1997)

1997 OK 57

Harley LITTLE, Petitioner, v. MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION, State Insurance Fund, and the Workers' Compensation Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

April 29, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tim Reese, Lawter & Pitts, Oklahoma City, for Petitioner.

Ronald E. Hignight, McGivern, Scott, Gilliard, Curthoys & Robinson, Tulsa, for Respondents.


OPALA, Justice.

The dispositive question we are asked to decide today is whether an insurer who has issued a compensation policy may contest (before the Workers' Compensation Court) the insured's status as a covered employer. We answer in the negative.

Harley Little (Little or claimant) sought benefits after he was broadsided by another motorist while driving back to work for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation (Nation)....

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