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OK SB466
Bill
Status
2/7/2011
Primary Sponsor
Brian Bingman
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AI Summary
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Amends 85 O.S. 2001, Section 12 regarding employer liability in workers' compensation cases by clarifying existing language and changing numbered paragraph formatting.
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Defines intentional tort as requiring willful, deliberate, specific intent by the employer to cause injury; knowledge that injury was substantially certain to result does not constitute intentional tort.
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Clarifies that workers' compensation immunity does not extend to actions against other employers on the same job unless they are intermediate or principal employers.
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Specifies that architects, professional engineers, and land surveyors are deemed intermediate or principal employers at construction sites, but immunity does not cover negligent design preparation.
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Takes effect November 1, 2011.
Legislative Description
Workers' compensation; clarifying language. Effective date.
Workers Compensation
Last Action
Second Reading referred to Rules
2/8/2011