All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 18 2011 // Tornadoes, violent thunderstorms, high wind and hail struck large swaths of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas last week and now those states are beginning the process of assessing the damage.In Arkansas, storms...
Apr 18 2011 // The Louisiana Supreme Court on April 1 ordered health maintenance organization Health Net Inc. to cover more than $180 million in claims by consumers, health care providers and creditors in Louisiana, Oklahoma and...
Apr 18 2011 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has signed a package of bills aimed at overhauling the state’s civil justice system, including a bill that caps damages for pain and suffering in lawsuits at $350,000.House Bill 2128, which...
Apr 15 2011 // Oklahoma’s new Republican insurance commissioner and top prosecutor say they’re revamping how insurance fraud is investigated and prosecuted in the state.Attorney General Scott Pruitt and Insurance Commissioner...
Apr 7 2011 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak has told an actuary in his state to stop acting like an insurance company.An emergency cease and desist order against Eagle Actuary Corp. and Terry L. McCrackin for violations of...
Apr 7 2011 // Bulldozers and airplanes have been put on alert as Texas faces an increased threat for wildfires. In Oklahoma, that state has experienced the driest four month stretch the Dust Bowl and thousands of acres have burned in...
Apr 6 2011 // A Republican-sponsored proposal to cap damages for pain and suffering in civil lawsuits to $350,000 headed to the governor’s desk after the Oklahoma Senate approved it on April 4 in a vote mostly along party...
Apr 4 2011 // The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that a claim for property damage arising from construction defects may lie in tort, in addition to contract.According to court documents in Abraham v. T. Henry Construction Inc., Richard...
Apr 4 2011 // Legislation in Oklahoma aimed at eliminating joint and several liability, requiring that juries be provided with information on the tax impact of potential awards, and capping noneconomic damages in lawsuits have advanced...
Mar 30 2011 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin defended her efforts to create a health insurance exchange for uninsured Oklahoma residents, explaining if the state does not have an exchange in place by 2013 the federal government will step in...
Mar 24 2011 // Oklahoma state lawmakers seem to be serious about reforming the state’s tort environment. Legislation aimed at eliminating joint and several liability, requiring that juries be provided with information on the tax...
Mar 23 2011 // Electronic device insurance provider, Stillwater, Okla.-based Worth Ave. Group, has expanded its comprehensive insurance coverage for electronic devices to include e-readers, gaming consoles and digital cameras.Worth Ave....
Mar 18 2011 // Injured Oklahomans would receive no more than $350,000 for so-called pain and suffering under legislation passed by the Oklahoma House.House members approved the cap on non-economic damages by a vote of 57-40 on Mar. 16....
Mar 17 2011 // The full Senate has given its support to a bill that would make it illegal to text while driving. State Sen. Jerry Ellis is the author of Senate Bill 146 which was approved on a vote of 32 to 9.“This isn’t a...
Mar 16 2011 // The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that a claim for property damage arising from construction defects may lie in tort, in addition to contract, even when the homeowner and builder are in a contractual...
Mar 16 2011 // Nearly all statewide elected officials, including insurance commissioner, could become political appointees under a bill narrowly approved by the Oklahoma Senate over the objections of members who complained the plan could...
Mar 16 2011 // Oklahoma State Rep. Joe Dorman wants to study an idea brought to him by a constituent that the lawmaker said could lead to significant workers’ compensation reform and help boost business growth and economic...
Mar 14 2011 // A quiet campaign by Oklahoma’s business community to head off tough new immigration legislation is causing an angry rift among Republicans in the Legislature, some of whom charge that voters’ desire for more...
Mar 14 2011 // The full Oklahoma Senate has approved Senate Bill 878, a workers’ compensation bill authored by Sen. Patrick Anderson, R-Enid, and Sen. Anthony Sykes, R-Moore, the Senate announced.The bill was crafted in...
Mar 7 2011 // States as far flung as Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Wisconsin are considering, or have enacted, tort reform measures aimed at reducing the number of meritless lawsuits filed and lowering the cost of malpractice insurance....