Governor Approves Legacy Court, Mental Health Bills

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed bills creating a new venue for legacy claims and covering public safety workers with mental health claims that aren’t accompanied by a physical injury. Stitt on May 6 enacted SB 1456, by Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, creating the Court of Existing Claims within the Court of Civil Appeals and giving it jurisdiction over all claims with dates of injury before Feb. 1, 2014. On May 8, Stitt signed SB 1457, also by Treat, exempting public safety workers from the prohibition on what are sometimes called “mental-mental” clai...