Beason v. I.E. Miller Services – Legal Reform
Oklahoma Supreme Court
This case concerns the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s noneconomic damages caps. This court challenge follows up on an earlier Oklahoma Supreme Court opinion invalidating a comprehensive tort reform law because that comprehensive law addressed too many subjects (the Court claimed that the comprehensive legislation constituted “logrolling,” prohibited by the Oklahoma Constitution). The legislature then re-enacted the noneconomic damages cap at issue in this case. The appeal arises out of a judge’s reduction of a $5 million jury award for noneconomic damages to the statutory cap of $700,000 (with a cap of $350,000 each for both claimants, a husband who was injured by a toppled crane, and his wife).
Coates v. Fallin – Supporting Workers’ Compensation Reforms
Oklahoma Supreme Court VICTORY!
NFIB filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit challenging a new state law that fixed Oklahoma’s broken workers’ compensation system. The court is being asked to uphold a 2013 reform law, which replaced Oklahoma’s adversarial court-based system with an administrative system that’s easier for both sides to navigate.
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If you have a case that impacts small business, please contact us at: 1-800-552-NFIB as we are actively looking for opportunities to weigh in on important issues in this state. NFIB Small Business Legal Center is involved in many cases that impact this state and others; to see our complete list of Supreme Court cases click on Washington, DC on the interactive map.
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