Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Pilkington Case on "Option" Constitutionality

The Oklahoma Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday afternoon in a case challenging the constitutionality of voluntary workers’ compensation in Oklahoma. In an email Wednesday, claimants’ attorney Bob Burke said oral arguments in Pilkington and Lee v. State of Oklahoma and Doak drew “quite a crowd.” The claimants are asking the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s law that allows employers to forego workers’ compensation in exchange for offering workers an alternative plan with equivalent benefits to the workers’ compensa...