Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Okla. House Approves Civil Justice Reform Bill
Apr 20 2007 // The Oklahoma House this week passed a civil justice reform bill that supporters say will protect doctors from frivolous lawsuits that drive up the cost of malpractice insurance and medical care. The measure, supported by...
Okla. House OKs Bill to Protect Farmers, Ranchers from Frivolous Suits
Apr 17 2007 // The Oklahoma House of Representatives recently approved a bill that would protect Oklahoma’s farmers and ranchers from frivolous lawsuits claiming animal manure is toxic waste. Under Senate Bill 709, by state Sen....
Uncivil Wash. Lawmakers OK Insurance Fair Conduct Act
Apr 16 2007 // The debate was quick and anticlimatic in the Senate last week, as lawmakers approved a proposed Insurance Fair Conduct Act that touched off a major tiff on the House floor a week earlier. In less than a minute, senators...
Okla.-based Insurer Names New Executive Staff
Apr 13 2007 // Oklahoma City, Okla.-based BMSI Holdings, the holding company for BancInsure Inc., announced a number of promotions and appointments following their annual shareholders meeting in Dallas, Texas. Rodney N. Sargent was...
Declarations
Apr 9 2007 // Occupancy revoked “We can’t ignore the fact that the health and safety of the people who live there is in danger. … Conditions there are very dire.” — Frank Michel, a spokesman for Houston,...
Okla. judge orders new trial in Ford rollover lawsuit
Apr 9 2007 // A federal judge in Tulsa, Okla., ordered a new trial in a lawsuit against Ford Motor Co., finding improper conduct by a plaintiff’s attorney and vacating a $15 million jury award to a couple whose son was killed in a...
Okla. Insurance Department Awards License Testing Contract to PSI
Apr 6 2007 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland announced that Psychological Services Inc. (PSI) would be administering insurance license testing for the state of Oklahoma effective May 1, 2007. “This new contract means...
Measure to Curb ATV Injuries Advances in Okla.
Apr 5 2007 // A bill to require children under the age of 18 to wear crash helmets while operating or riding on an all-terrain vehicle on public land was approved by a Senate committee on April 3. The House-passed measure now goes to...
Okla. AG Warns of Potential Storm Scams
Apr 3 2007 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson is alerting consumers of the potential for home repair scams following recent severe weather in his state. “We have seen in the past that fraudsters sometimes roll in with the...
Tornadoes Kill 2 people in Oklahoma, 1 in Colo.
Mar 30 2007 // An early spring storm swept across the central U.S. early on March 29, spinning off tornadoes that killed an Oklahoma couple in a home that was blown to pieces and a Colorado woman whose small town was nearly destroyed. A...
Bristol West Rolls Out Auto Insurance Product in Okla.
Mar 27 2007 // Bristol West Holdings Inc. announced it has begun writing private passenger automobile insurance in Oklahoma. Bristol West said it entered Oklahoma by deploying Select 2.0, its highly segmented insurance product that...
News Currents
Mar 26 2007 // Lawsuit reform bills advance in Okla. Senate The Oklahoma Senate recently passed three key lawsuit reform measures, according to a Senate announcement. Senate Republican leaders said they are negotiating with Senate...
Teen drinking – South Central states
Mar 26 2007 // According to the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation costs to states generated by underage drinking include medical care, work loss, and pain and suffering associated with the multiple problems caused by the use...
Okla. Commissioner: Faith-based benefit firm considered an insurer
Mar 26 2007 // TITLE: Okla. Commissioner: Faith-based benefit firm considered an insurer A Tulsa, Okla.-based Christian organization that pools member money to pay medical bills, but says it isn’t an insurance company, is still...
UCLA study indicates most Calif. workers OK with workers’ comp care
Mar 26 2007 // The vast majority of injured workers in California have access to quality medical care, yet a majority still suffer from injuries even after a year of care, according to a study conducted by the UCLA Center for Health...
TEEN DRINKING — SOUTH CENTRAL STATES
Mar 26 2007 // According to the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation costs to states generated by underage drinking include medical care, work loss, and pain and suffering associated with the multiple problems caused by the use...
UCLA study indicates most Calif. workers OK with workers’ comp care
Mar 26 2007 // The vast majority of injured workers in California have access to quality medical care, yet a majority still suffer from injuries even after a year of care, according to a study conducted by the UCLA Center for Health...
Okla. Judge Orders New Trial in Ford Rollover Lawsuit
Mar 23 2007 // A federal judge in Tulsa, Okla., has ordered a new trial in a lawsuit against Ford Motor Co., finding improper conduct by a plaintiff’s attorney and vacating a $15 million jury award to a couple whose son was killed...
Eleven AIG Companies Fined by Okla. Insurance Department
Mar 22 2007 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland announced the largest fine of an insurance company in state history – $400,000 – against eleven AIG insurance companies doing business in the state. The companies...
Tangled Corruption Case Snares Okla. Politicians
Mar 20 2007 // The success of politicians in economically hard-pressed areas of southeastern Oklahoma has been tied to “bringing home the bacon,” a euphemism for how many government dollars can be obtained for local...
