Employer Without 'Actual Knowledge' of Injury Didn't Lose Right to Choose Treating Doctor

The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals last week ruled that an employer’s failure to provide prompt medical treatment for a worker’s neck injury did not forfeit its statutory right to select the worker’s treating doctor. The case was Bray v. Pecofacet Houston, No. 115,209. Edward Bray worked for Pecofacet Houston. He reported an on-the-job accident to his employer in September 2015, and his employer sent him to receive medical treatment. Bray complained of pain in his neck and shoulder, but an X-ray did not reveal anything wrong with his neck. The doctor provided treatment f...