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PALES v. CHEROKEE NATION ENTERPRISES

No. 106608. Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1

216 P.3d 309 (2009)

2009 OK CIV APP 65

Frankie R. PALES, Petitioner, v. CHEROKEE NATION ENTERPRISES, Hudson Insurance Company, and The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court, Respondents.

Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1.

July 1, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Stephen McClellan, Tulsa, OK, for Petitioner.

Jay L. Jones, Walls, Walker, Harris & Wolfe, PLLC, Oklahoma City, OK, for Respondents Cherokee Nation Enterprises and Hudson Insurance Company.

KENNETH L. BUETTNER, Judge.

¶ 1 Petitioner Frankie R. Pales seeks review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Court which dismissed Pales's claim for compensation based on lack of jurisdiction. The trial court held that Respondent Cherokee Nation Enterprises (Employer) is an entity of the sovereign Cherokee Nation which has enacted its own workers' compensation laws, and that Respondent Hudson Insurance Company had...

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