Two key provisions of the Republican-led overhaul of Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation law in 2013 have been shot down in recent weeks as unconstitutional, and a trial attorney who opposes key aspects of the law says he expects more of the …
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has upheld a plan to convert the state workers’ compensation insurance agency into a mutual company. The state’s highest court handed down a decision on March 11 that affirms legislation adopted last year to convert CompSource …
An attorney for supporters of an initiative petition to place storm shelters in public schools told the Oklahoma Supreme Court that Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s office abused its discretion by re-writing a ballot title that he says was not legally …
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a constitutional challenge to the state’s new workers’ compensation law. The court handed down the ruling Monday, just one week after justices heard oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging the law. The court rejected …
An Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling could cost the state Department of Public Safety $11 million in refunds to drivers in alcohol-related cases. The court upheld a lower court ruling that said affidavits used in DUI breath tests did not comply …
Most jurisdictions have held that an insurance company with the primary policy owes a duty of good faith and fair dealing to the insurance company with the excess policy requiring a settlement of claims within the primary carrier’s policy limits …
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law. The high court on Monday scheduled arguments for 9 a.m. Dec. 10 in the lawsuit filed by state Sen. …
An Oklahoma Supreme Court referee is scheduled to hear arguments in a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law. Arguments are scheduled Thursday in the lawsuit filed in September by state Sen. Harry Coates of Seminole, …
The Oklahoma Supreme Court, reversing a previous ruling, says a family injured in a 2006 auto accident cannot sue the Peoria Tribe or its Buffalo Run Casino, where the other driver in the crash had been drinking. The court’s 5-4 …
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday tossed a $10 million jury verdict against Tyson Foods Inc., granting the company’s request for a new trial based on allegations of juror misconduct and a mistake on interpreting the law. Springdale, Ark.-based Tyson …