Workers’ compensation insurance in Oklahoma
Employers are generally required to purchase workers’ compensation insurance that provides financial benefits to workers who are injured or become sick while on the job. Workers are covered while at their workplaces or performing their duties at another location, but coverage is not extended to those injured in automobile accidents while commuting to or from […]
Oklahoma Mother Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
In March of 2015, a 17-hour standoff at the Riverchase Apartments between a man and the police ended in tragedy. The standoff began at about 5:30 p.m. on a Thursday and kept police on their toes, trying to get the suspect to surrender, until 10:30 a.m. Friday morning, when Bryon Creech, 36, eventually surrendered. When […]
Oklahoma Religious Employment Discrimination Lawsuit
Voss Lighting, a Nebraska-based company, was accused by an Oklahoma man, Edward Wolfe, of refusing to hire him based on his religious beliefs. With the assistance of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Wolfe pursued a religious employment discrimination lawsuit against Voss Lighting in an Oklahoma federal court in 2012. It was not until […]
Doctors Experimenting on Human Patients?
When anyone signs up for a surgical procedure, they expect that the doctor not only knows what he or she is doing in the operating room, but that the materials, tools, and anything else used during the process of the surgery is approved by the appropriate agencies. Now, federal prosecutors are saying that one company, […]
Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Law Ironic?
Angela Sanders, who was fired the day she returned from surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome, a work-related injury, filed a lawsuit against her employer back in 2014. Sanders was given the choice, along with 16 other employees whose jobs were eliminated by the state Workers’ Compensation Commission, to either be terminated or take a “voluntary […]
Dispelling Rumors: The Lady Who Sued McDonald’s After Coffee Spill Burn
Many have heard about the lady who became a millionaire after spilling McDonald’s coffee on herself. The 79-year-old lady, who was seriously burned by a cup of McDonald’s coffee, became “famous” because of the media coverage on her product liability case. Unfortunately, although practically everyone in America heard about this case, she did not turn […]
New Bill Exempts Children Under 16 Labor Law – Volunteering for 501(c) Organizations
Up until recently, children under 16 were, in no way, allowed to work in specific types of establishments, according to the Oklahoma child labor laws. Now there is a new bill, an amendment to the Child labor laws of Oklahoma, which was approved and signed by Mary Fallin on April 10, 2015. The bill states […]
Oklahoma: Employers Cannot Require Employees to Give Up Personal Social Media Log-Ins and Passwords
You may not be aware of it, but it is against the law for your employer to request or require you to give them your personal social media log-ins and passwords in Oklahoma now. Employers scanning through prospective and current employee social media accounts to find out what they did outside of work became a […]
“Act of God” Defenses
While it may seem like a joke at first, most insurance companies, as well as states, have loopholes called “Act of God” defenses or clauses. For instance, if a tree in a neighbor’s yard falls onto your house and causes damage, you may be able to sue the neighbor for negligence if they knew the […]
If My Condition Worsens, Will I Get More SSD?
Social Security disability (SSD) benefits are generally based on a person’s inability to work in regard to a disability. After going through the application and qualification process for Social Security disability benefits, which is often excruciatingly tedious, most people do not want to have to go through it again if their condition worsens. If a […]
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