Supreme Court Upholds TTD Cap for Hernias

The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the state’s statutory limitation on the payment of benefits for a hernia injury passes constitutional muster. Section 61 of the Administrative Workers’ Compensation Act provides that a claimant with a compensable hernia injury can receive only six weeks of temporary total disability benefits. Ray Graham had opposed this restriction as an arbitrary limitation on TTD that unconstitutionally shifts to workers the economic burden of an industrial injury. He also argued that an award of six weeks of TTD was inadequate compensation for h...