YOCUM v. GREENBRIAR NURSING HOME

No. 100,282.

130 P.3d 213 (2005)

2005 OK 27

Vicki (Root) YOCUM, Petitioner, v. GREENBRIAR NURSING HOME, Fire and Casualty Insurance Company of Connecticut, and the Workers' Compensation Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

April 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walt Brune, Walt Brune, P.C., Ponca City, OK, and Fred L. Boettcher, Boettcher Law Offices, Inc., Ponca City, OK, for Petitioner.1

Steven E. Hanna, Guthrie, OK, for Respondents.


¶ 0 In a proceeding brought before the Workers' Compensation Court, the trial judge denied the claimant's quest for pain management and psychological overlay treatment award. The decision was adopted by a three-judge review panel. The Court of Civil Appeals vacated the panel's order and remanded the claim with directions to give the independent medical examiners' opinions "prima facie effect" and then afford the employer an...

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