Case Name: Steve DOBSON, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Ellen C. EDWARDS, Workers' Compensation Judge, Respondent
Court: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1998-06-01
Citations: 958 P.2d 168
Docket Number: No. 91195
Parties: Steve DOBSON, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Ellen C. EDWARDS, Workers’ Compensation Judge, Respondent.
Judges: SUMMERS, V.C.J., and LAVENDER, SIMMS, HARGRAVE, OPALA, ALMA WILSON and WATT, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 958
Pages: 168–168

Head Matter:
1998 OK 62
Steve DOBSON, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Ellen C. EDWARDS, Workers’ Compensation Judge, Respondent.
No. 91195.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma.
June 1, 1998.

Opinion:
ORDER
KAUGER, Chief Justice.
Original jurisdiction is assumed. Let the writ prohibiting respondent judge, or any other assigned judge, from enforcing order filed April 15,, 1998 in Cause No. 98-1631K. 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, Okl., 879 P.2d 1222 (1994).
SUMMERS, V.C.J., and LAVENDER, SIMMS, HARGRAVE, OPALA, ALMA WILSON and WATT, JJ., concur.
HODGES, J., dissents.