Attorneys Ask High Court to Declare State's Self-Insured Program Illegal

Two years after the state brushed aside Bob Burke's concerns that the self-insured workers' compensation program for state employees runs afoul of Oklahoma law, the claimants' attorney is making his case in a lawsuit.  Burke and four other Oklahoma City attorneys filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to declare the state's self-insurance plan invalid. The State Office of Management and Enterprise Services established the plan in 2015. OMES spokesman Michael Baker told WorkCompCentral Wednesday that the agency "100% stands behind the le...