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Supreme Court Justice Opala, a Former WC Court Member, Dead at 89

By Jim Sams (Senior Editor)

Tuesday, October 12, 2010 | 0

Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Marian Opala, a former member of the state Workers' Compensation Court, died after suffering a stroke at his Oklahoma City home, according to press reports Monday.Opala was 89. Deputy Court Administrator Mike Mayberry told newspapers that police found Opala unconscious at his home on Sunday. He died after undergoing emergency surgery.Opala was born in Lodz, Poland and had just enrolled in law school when Nazi Germany invaded the country in 1939, according to the Oklahoman newspaper. Opala fought in the Polish underground and was captured by the Germans and be...

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