The Oklahoma state House of Representatives passed bills that would require the Court of Civil Appeals to take up responsibility for legacy comp claims and exempt public safety workers from the prohibition on so-called “mental-mental” claims.
Both SB 1456 and SB 1457 were amended before the House passed them and will have to return to the Senate for concurrence. The amendments don't change anything substantive in the bills but represent a common legislative maneuver to funnel them into a conference committee.
The House on Thursday voted 77-0 to pass SB 1456, by...
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