High Court OKs Employer, Carrier Recovery of Death Benefits From Third-Party Action

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that laws allowing employers and carriers to recover death benefits paid to the families of deceased workers are not unconstitutional. "This historical exclusion of the rights of indemnity and subrogation in death benefit claims did not offend the Oklahoma Constitution, nor do their inclusion today," the court said in a decision handed down Tuesday. Jeremy S. Alexander was in the course and scope of his employment with Rent-A-Center when he was involved in a fatal car crash in March 2018.  Sentinel Insurance Co. paid workers' compensation ...