Supreme Court Asked to Make Emergency Comp Judge Appointment

Four injured workers in Oklahoma are asking the state’s high court to pick up where state lawmakers left off and make an emergency appointment so the Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing Claims can continue to hear cases after its lone judge terms out July 1. “Here is the problem: The Oklahoma Legislature adjourned without extending the term of the only judge of the Court of Existing Claims, the new name of the Workers' Compensation Court,” claimants’ attorney Bob Burke wrote in an email. “Judge Margaret Bomhoff was appointed to the post two year...