WAHPEPAH v. KICKAPOO TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA

No. 88350.

939 P.2d 1151 (1997)

1997 OK 63

Auchee W. WAHPEPAH, Petitioner, v. KICKAPOO TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA, the State Insurance Fund, and the Workers' Compensation Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected August 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Woodson, Jeffrey M. Cooper, Woodson & McIlroy, Norman, for Petitioner.

John B. Vera, Fenton, Fenton, Smith, Reneau & Moon, Oklahoma City, for Respondents.


OPALA, Justice.

¶ 1 The dispositive question we are asked to decide today is whether an insurer who has accepted workers' compensation policy premiums computed on the claimant's salary may deny the insured's status as a covered employer. We answer in the negative.

¶ 2 Auchee Wahpepah (Wahpepah or claimant) sought benefits for injuries sustained in an automobile accident while she was employed by the Kickapoo...

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