THOMPSON v. ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORP.

No. 97,863.

73 P.3d 836 (2003)

2003 OK 39

Lisa Renea THOMPSON, Petitioner, v. ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORPORATION, Pacific Indemnity Company and the Workers' Compensation Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Harlan, John L. Harlan & Associates, P.C., Sapulpa, OK, for Petitioner.

Malcolm D. Smith, Jr., Howard, Widdows & Bufogle, P.C., Tulsa, OK, for Respondents.1


OPALA, V.C.J.

¶ 1 The dispositive issue on certiorari is whether the Court of Civil Appeals erred in sustaining the trial judge's denial of a compensation claim by an opinion rested on the claim's untimeliness and on the Workers' Compensation Court's want of cognizance to afford relief from the statutory time bar by interposition of "equitable concepts." We answer in the affirmative.

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