Case Title: DOBSON v. EDWARDS

Citation: 1998 OK 62, 69OBJ2336, 958 P.2d 168

Docket Number: 91195

State: oklahoma

Court: Oklahoma Supreme Court

Date: 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Document:
DOBSON v. EDWARDS1998 OK 62958 P.2d 16869 OBJ 2336Case Number: 91195Decided: 06/01/1998Modified: 06/23/1998Supreme Court of Oklahoma STEVE DOBSON, Petitioner v. THE HONORABLE ELLEN C. EDWARDS, Workers' Compensation Judge, Respondent. ORDER ¶ 1 Original jurisdiction is assumed. Let the writ issue prohibiting respondent judge, or any other assigned judge, from enforcing order filed April 15, 1998 in Cause No. 98-1631 K. The Workers' Compensation Court is without authority to require that the claimant provide the employer and its workers' compensation insurance carrier an unrestricted medical release. Nitzel v. Jackson, Oki., 879 P.2d 1222 (1994). DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE THIS 1st DAY OF JUNE, 1998. _____________________________ CHIEF JUSTICE ¶ 2 KAUGER, C.J., SUMMERS, V.C.J., LAVENDER, SIMMS, HARGRAVE, OPALA, WILSON, WATT, JJ. - Concur ¶ 3 HODGES, J. - Dissents