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WHITENER v. SOUTH CENT. SOLID WASTE AUTH.

No. 69224.

773 P.2d 1248 (1989)

Corbin H. WHITENER, Claimant-Petitioner, v. SOUTH CENTRAL SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY and State Insurance Fund, Employer and Risk Carrier-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied June 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Bell, Jr., Norman, for claimant-petitioner.

Fred Nicholas, Jr., Robert Highsaw, Oklahoma City, for respondent, State Ins. Fund.

OPALA, Vice Chief Justice.

The dispositive issue on certiorari is whether the employer's medical letter-report, on which the trial tribunal's decision is rested, lacks probative value and hence cannot support the denial of permanent disability benefits to the claimant. We answer in the negative.

I.

ANATOMY OF LITIGATION

Claimant, Corbin H. Whitener, sought compensation benefits for job-related harm he sustained while employed by South Central...

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