Attorney Hopes to Get PD Deferral Case to the Supreme Court

An Oklahoma claimants’ attorney is anticipating losing an administrative-level case involving a worker who can’t see out of his right eye. Attorney Bob Burke said he also anticipates losing a potential appeal before the Workers’ Compensation Commission. But Burke says his goal is to get the case to the Oklahoma Supreme Court, which he hopes will strike down a provision in the state’s new workers’ compensation statute allowing deferral of permanent disability awards. Burke said he and fellow attorneys John Colbert and Sherry Oden presented the case of Jesse Bise ...