Jurisdiction an Issue after former Worker Files Suit against Commission

A lawsuit filed against the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission will be adjudicated in the … Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission? Attorneys, including the one who filed suit, say there’s no way that can happen. Yet, the law appears to give the new administrative commission jurisdiction on all employer discrimination or retaliation claims – even the ones against the commission itself. That’s going to become an issue quickly now that Angela D. Sanders, one of 16 employees whose positions were eliminated by the commission last week, has filed sui...