A member of Oklahoma’s Workers’ Compensation Commission says that in its young life, the new system is processing claims much faster than the old one.The commission opened operations on Feb. 1 as a result of reforms passed last year, handling claims for injuries on or after that date. Cases dealing with injuries before Feb. 1 are being processed in the old court system, now known as the Court of Existing Claims.Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Robert Gilliland said in an interview Wednesday that the new commission is monitoring the time between the filing of a claim for com...
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