Oklahoma Supreme Court News

Oklahoma Supreme Court Sets Arguments in Workers’ Comp Law Case

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law. The high court scheduled arguments for 9 a.m. Dec. 10 in the lawsuit filed by state Sen. Harry Coates …

Court Says Oklahoma Tribe Immune from Dramshop Liability Lawsuit

The Oklahoma Supreme Court, reversing a previous ruling, says a family injured in a 2006 auto accident cannot sue the Peoria Tribe or its Buffalo Run Casino, where the other driver in the crash had been drinking. The court’s 5-4 …

Oklahoma Supreme Court Invalidates Civil Justice Law

A civil justice reform measure hailed in 2009 as the most comprehensive bill to ever affect Oklahoma’s legal system has been declared unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court. In a 7-2 decision, the state’s highest court declared that the law, …