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State Supreme CourtOkla. Supreme Court upholds $10 million wrongful death ruling against BNSF Railway; Train collided with man's vehicle in 2008
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) – The Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld a trial court judgment in a suit over wrongful death allegations after a man was killed when a BNSF train collided with his vehicle.
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LawsuitsSierra Club scores win in fight with Oklahoma commission over installation of pollution-control devices
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) – The Sierra Club has scored a win in its fight with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission after the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the commission lacked authority to approve the installation of pollution-control devices at a power plant.
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Lawyers return with lawsuit blaming Okla. earthquakes on fracking industry
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) - A lawsuit that blames the fracking industry for increased earthquake activity in Oklahoma is back.
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Oklahoma high court rules that doctors need patient consent before using non-doctor surgery assistants
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) – In a decision issued June 20, the Oklahoma Supreme Court voted unanimously that surgeons should seek patient consent before using non-doctors to assist with a surgery.
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Oklahoma SC refuses to wade into lawsuit over Syrian-born man’s baptism
The state’s high court, in its Feb. 22 ruling, said per the church autonomy doctrine, it lacks subject matter jurisdiction.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court upholds state's Uniform Unclaimed Property Act
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt says the state Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act in a case challenging the act’s constitutionality.
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Sierra Club's legal theory in frackquake case draws 'Star Trek' comparison
The Sierra Club and Public Justice are taking a novel approach in citing the Resource Conservation and Recovering Act in a lawsuit against the oil and gas industry in Oklahoma, according to several industry and environmental attorneys
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Frackquake lawsuits present PR dilemma for industry, evidence hurdle for plaintiffs
The negative publicity surrounding lawsuits alleging the oil and gas industry are responsible for earthquakes in Oklahoma is likely to cause more damage than the outcome of any of the suits - despite the plaintiffs' challenge of finding evidence tying fracking to the surge in activity.
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Okla. SC to hear challenge over new workers' comp law
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) -- The Oklahoma Supreme Court will decide whether the state's workers' compensation reform, signed into law six months ago, is constitutional.
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Okla. lawmakers send two dozen tort reform bills to governor following five-day session
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) -- Gov. Mary Fallin on Tuesday applauded state lawmakers for quickly passing a series of measures to rewrite Oklahoma's tort reform system.