# WILJO INTERIORS, INC. v. RIALS

> Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · November 22, 2016 · 394 P.3d 327

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9878290

## Case

- **Full name:** WILJO INTERIORS, INC., Appellant, v. David RIALS, Appellee, and the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission, and Old Republic General Ins. Corp., Insurance Carrier
- **Court:** Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** November 22, 2016
- **Citations:** 394 P.3d 327; 2017 OK CIV APP 27; 2016 Okla. Civ. App. LEXIS 71; 2016 WL 8999242
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Mitchell
- **Judges:** Goree, Mitchell, Buettner
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

MITCHELL, J.,
dissents with opinion:
¶ 16 The evidence was abundantly clear that Claimant had severe pre-existing degenerative joint disease in his knee. The knee replacement which the trial court has authorized has everything to do with Claimant’s preexisting disease process and nothing to do with his work-related fall and “contusion.” Claimant’s degenerative joint disease is not compensable. See 85A O.S. 2(b)(6). Whether or not Claimant was symptomatic before he fell and bruised his knee is irrelevant. The authorized knee replacement surgery is contrary to law and I respectfully dissent.

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