A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that an employee who injures a colleague must be acting within the course and scope of employment when the incident occurs to receive the protection of the exclusive remedy provision of the Administrative Workers’ Compensation Act.
Case: Bayouth v. Dewberry, No. 121897, 06/11/2024, published.
Facts: Christopher Bayouth and Leonard Bernstein worked as financial advisers for Morgan Stanley.
On June 30, 2022, Bernstein arrived at Morgan Stanley’s Oklahoma City branch, went to Bayouth’s office and shot him.
Bernstein was around 90 y...
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