Macklanburg-Duncan Co. v. Wimmer

In Macklanburg-Duncan Co. v. Wimmer, 1955 OK 24, 280 P.2d 1001, the trial court determined the claimant sustained a work-related injury and was in need of medical treatment, and awarded temporary total disability. The claimant subsequently became pregnant, and upon her physician's advice refused to accept medical treatment. The employer filed a motion to suspend temporary total disability during her pregnancy. The Oklahoma Supreme Court in Wimmer held the employer was not entitled to suspend the benefits during the claimant's pregnancy. The Court stated that "an employee . . . may not be denied compensation because of refusal to accept medical treatment tendered by his employer, unless it be shown that such refusal was arbitrary and unreasonable."