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Guide to Oklahoma Employee Rights

This article will provide a basic overview of Oklahoma employee rights. It’s important to know your rights as a worker so that you will know if your rights were violated. The rights provided under both federal and state laws are afforded to Oklahoma employees. You may want to consult with a labor attorney and employment…

Advice and tips for staying safe on the job

Preventing accidents is good for everyone. As injury attorneys serving Oklahoma City, we see our share of people who have been injured in work-related accidents. Here we share some good suggestions for helping keep your workplace safe at all times. For starters, post a list of safety tips in the workplace to increase awareness and reduce on-the-job…

Large Workers Compensation Class Action Suits

One of the most well known, heavily publicized class action lawsuits brought by workers was actually never completed. Dukes Vs. Wal-Mart began in 2001 when employee Betty Dukes claimed sex discrimination. She insisted that she was denied training needed to advance to a higher paying position and not treated fairly in comparison with male workers….

Large Workers Compensation Payouts

Our Oklahoma City law firm handles hundreds of workers compensation cases every year. This article will share some of the highest known workers comp payouts in U.S. history CALIFORNIA WORKER SUFFERS TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Attorney Christopher Asvar has obtained the largest Workers Compensation Insurance Settlement in California history. This year, he was able to procure…

DUI AND DRIVING LAWS AND PENALTIES IN OKLAHOMA

Driving Under the Influence Oklahoma injury attorney, we see all too often what alcohol can do to damage vehicles and property, injure people, and ruin lives. We encourage the Oklahoma City community to act responsibly and drive safely. When you drink and drive, or even text and drive, you don’t just risk your own life….

Negligence Lawsuits

The term stems from the word, “neglect”. In legal terms, negligence is the failure to take action to avoid or correct a dangerous /potentially harmful situation. In other words, negligence is the failure to exercise the degree of care that the law requires for the protection of others. Negligence law enforces this premise — that…

D.U.I. Laws – Oklahoma

Part One When you go out for entertainment or dinner, do you consume alcoholic drinks? Many people do, and of course, a designated driver is always a good idea. If you are pulled over, it doesn’t take much alcohol to be over the legal limit. In Oklahoma, if your blood alcohol level is 0.8 or…

Rollover Accidents and the Law

Rollovers are auto accidents where one vehicle tips over or flip onto its own roof, and they are very dangerous. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reports they account for less than 3 percent of passenger vehicle accidents but, represent 23 percent of all fatal passenger vehicle accidents. The data in these statistics include…

Products Liability

Product liability means holding someone responsible for damages caused by any part or all parts of any good or item. The defective/dangerous element, part or ingredient could have been added anywhere along the chain of manufacturing, distributing, or packaging a product. When someone is injured due to anything from a faulty part on a lawnmower…

EXPLANATION OF A CLAIM VS. A LAWSUIT

            When a personal injury occurs because another person was irresponsible or negligent, you have…

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