By Bill Kidd, Central Bureau ChiefOklahoma Labor Commissioner Mark Costello (R) says his position on any changes in workers’ compensation in 2013 is simple: “If the lawyers are happy, I won’t be.”Costello has been meeting with local chambers of commerce and business groups throughout Oklahoma to spread the message that the state should switch from its current court-based workers’ compensation system to an administrative system modeled on that used by Arkansas – and possibly with elements also borrowed from Texas.Costello believes that switching to an adminis...
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