There’s good news for injured workers from the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The Court has found unconstitutional a clause the Oklahoma legislature added to the state workers’ compensation law in 2014. The clause required that cumulative trauma cases in a workers’ compensation claim were not compensable unless the employee had been employed with that employer for […]
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Two years have passed since Oklahoma enacted the last major change in workers’ compensation law. Only one bill concerning workers’ compensation was filed heading into the 2016 Oklahoma legislative session, but that doesn’t mean another big change won’t happen. Before the session began February 1, Senate President Pro Tempore Brian Bingman filed Senate Bill 1528
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A groundbreaking Oklahoma legal case has proved why workers’ compensation matters. An Oklahoma woman named Ms. Viola Sugg recently won her case with the Oklahoma Supreme Court after she was initially denied workers’ compensation benefits that she was legally owed. In this case, claimant Viola Sugg sought permanent total disability benefits from the Multiple Injury
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This article was published September 6, 2015, as a banner headline on the Sunday newspaper. It is a travesty and an embarrassment to the worker of Oklahoma that a state agency is negotiating with employers regarding fines which are to be imposed for failure to carry workers’ compensation insurance. It is a misdemeanor not to
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Oral argument is set before the Oklahoma Supreme Court in case No. 113,811 for 9:30am, Sept. 30, 2015. The appeal challenges: The use of the American Medical Association (AMA) Guides, Sixth Edition, to rate disability The deferment of permanent partial disability awards if a worker returns to work The use of the AMA Guides to
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February 1 marks the day of transition for the Oklahoma workers’ compensation system. Cases filed before this date will remain with the existing Workers’ Compensation Court, which will become the Court of Existing Claims. Any injury case after the first of the month will be handled by administrative judges of the new Workers’ Compensation Commission.
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The verdict of the challenged Oklahoma workers’ compensation law is that the new law is constitutional and will take effect in February of next year. The Oklahoma Supreme Court rejected the challenge today just one week after hearing oral arguments by both sides of the debate. The new workers’ compensation law, signed by Gov. Mary
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After two Oklahoma state lawmakers and the Professional Fire Fighters of Oklahoma challenged the new workers’ compensation law, the Oklahoma Supreme Court will hear attorney arguments on Dec. 10 at 9 a.m. The Oklahoma Supreme Court accepted the case to determine the constitutionality of the new law. If the Supreme Court had not accepted the
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A workers comp scenario begins when a worker gets hurt on the job. Whether it’s a slip and fall case, injury from machinery or exposure to harmful products, an employer is responsible for the safety and wellbeing of employees while on the job. When an employer neglects safety or decides to challenge an employee on
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After a complete workers’ compensation system overhaul in Oklahoma was signed into law in May, the Oklahoma Supreme Court is being formally challenged. Those who filed the challenge are state Sen. Harry Coates, R-Seminole, state Rep. Emily Virgin, D-Norman, and the Professional Fire Fighters of Oklahoma. According to the Oklahoman, Coates said, “It’s wrong that
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