KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC. v. MINYARD

No. 103,712.

173 P.3d 1198 (2007)

2007 OK 99

KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC. and Highland Insurance Co., Petitioners, v. William LeRoy MINYARD and The Workers' Compensation Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

December 12, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley T. Hollar, Oklahoma City, OK, for Petitioners.

John R. Colbert, Ardmore, OK, Robert Highsaw, Oklahoma City, OK, for Respondents.


KAUGER, J.,

¶ 1 The issue presented is whether an uncontested order by the Workers' Compensation Court appointing an independent medical examiner before the statute of limitations ran tolled the statutory bar found in 85 O.S. Supp.2005 § 43(B).1 We find that it did.

FACTS

¶ 2 On June 20, 2000, the respondent, William Leroy Minyard (Claimant), sustained a work...

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