Case Name: WINTER LIVESTOCK and State Insurance Fund, Petitioners, v. Ray KROLL and the Workers' Compensation Court, Respondents
Court: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1996-03-04
Citations: 914 P.2d 660
Docket Number: No. 86399
Parties: WINTER LIVESTOCK and State Insurance Fund, Petitioners, v. Ray KROLL and the Workers’ Compensation Court, Respondents.
Judges: ALMA WILSON, C.J., KAUGER, V.C.J., and LAVENDER, HARGRAVE, OPALA and WATT, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 914
Pages: 660–661

Head Matter:
WINTER LIVESTOCK and State Insurance Fund, Petitioners, v. Ray KROLL and the Workers’ Compensation Court, Respondents.
No. 86399.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma.
March 4, 1996.

Opinion:
CORRECTED ORDER
Respondent's motion to dismiss is denied and this review proceeding may go forward. An order directing the employer or his insurance carrier to pay all reasonable and necessary medical expenses is reviewable because medical treatment is an allowance in the nature of compensation. Williams v. Central Dairy Products Company, 205 Okl. 266, 236 P.2d 984 (1951), Bill Hodges Truck Co. v. Gillum, 774 P.2d 1063 (Okl.1989). A reviewable order of the Workers' Compensation Court is one which either grants or denies an award of compensation or otherwise constitutes a final determination of the rights between the parties. Toney v. Parker Drilling Co., 640 P.2d 1356 (Okl.1982).
ALMA WILSON, C.J., KAUGER, V.C.J., and LAVENDER, HARGRAVE, OPALA and WATT, JJ., concur.