The sponsor of an Oklahoma bill designed to ensure that the workers' compensation system remains the exclusive remedy for employees hurt at work said the language of his measure may be modified.
State Rep. Ben Sherrer, D-Chouteau, introduced the measure after an Oklahoma State Supreme decision last June that would make it easier for employees to sue employers in civil court if they were intentionally exposed to injury.
Generally an employee injured on the job has the workers' comp system as their sole or exclusive remedy when they seek compensation. An exception occurs when the employer intentionally injures the worker.
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