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KUYKENDALL v. GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE TECH.

No. 97,036.

66 P.3d 374 (2002)

2002 OK 96

C.C. KUYKENDALL, Appellant, v. GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis P. Falsetti, Brady, Schaulat & Falsetti, Oklahoma City, OK, for Appellant.

Gary C. Pierson, Shawn E. Harrell, Nathan L. Whatley, McAfee & Taft a Professional Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK, for Appellee.

WINCHESTER, J.

¶ 1 The issue before us is whether Oklahoma will recognize a tort for bad faith against a self-insured employer who failed to pay for medicine prescribed for its employee as ordered by a Workers' Compensation Court. We decline to create a common law remedy when the legislature has provided a statutory remedy in the Workers' Compensation Act.

¶ 2 On August 14, 2001, the appellant, C.C. Kuykendall, filed a petition in district court...

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