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Rule 57. Nunc Pro Tunc Orders

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 85. Workers' Compensation

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 85. Workers' Compensation (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 4.--Appendix. Rules of the Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims
T. 85, Ch. 4, App., Rule 57
Rule 57. Nunc Pro Tunc Orders
A. Within twenty (20) days of the date a final order was sent to the parties the Workers' Compensation Court's power to correct it nunc pro tunc is coextensive with that of the district court. After the lapse of twenty (20) days that power is limited only to correcting facially apparent clerical errors or omissions, mathematical miscalculations, and other facially apparent mistakes in recording judicial acts.
B. No nunc pro tunc change may be made in any order without a written application therefor made by the filing of a form Nunc Pro Tunc Request, followed by an adversary hearing set upon notice to the opposite parties or a written consent by those parties. A nunc pro tunc correction order made within twenty (20) days of a final order's entry must be entered and sent to the parties within those twenty (20) days. See, Ferguson v. Ferguson Motor Co., 1988 OK 137, 766 P.2d 335.

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Formerly Rule 39, adopted July 12, 1990, effective November 1, 1990. Amended June 22, 1995, effective July 1, 1995. Renumbered Rule 57, amended effective January 30, 2006. Amended effective March 6, 2012.
Workers' Compensation Rule 57, 85 O. S. A. Ch. 4, App., OK ST WORK COMP Rule 57
Current with amendments received through April 15, 2024. Some rules may be more current, see credits for details.
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