The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Administrative Act

If you have suffered an on-the-job injury, you need the help of an experienced workers’ compensation attorney. The right attorney can ensure that you receive all of the benefits to which you are entitled. All claims are litigated pursuant to the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Administrative Act. The law firm of Richard A. Shallcross & Associates has been prosecuting workers’ claims in the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission for more than 20 years. Your Tulsa Workers’ Compensation Attorney, Richard Shallcross has tried more than 300 claims. Each have resulted in a final Award by the Workers’ Compensation Commission.

• First, Injured Oklahoma workers are entitled to have their employer provide them with all of the medical care that they need in order to recover from their injuries.
• Second, Injured Oklahoma workers are entitled to receive Temporary Total Disability (TTD) money for all time-periods during which they remain unable to return to work.
• Third, Injured Oklahoma workers are entitled to be paid for any residual Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) that they may suffer as a consequence of their work-related injury.
• Fourth, Injured Oklahoma workers are entitled to receive vocational rehabilitation into a new job if it is determined that their injury prevents them from returning to their previous job.

Holding Employers Accountable For On The Job Safety

Often times employers are more concerned about their rising workers’ compensation insurance premiums than their employee’s injury. And similarly, the employer’s workers’ compensation insurance company is more concerned about increasing the dividend payment to their stockholders than concerned about meeting obligations to you under the Workers’ Compensation Administrative Act. The concern of employers (and of their workers’ compensation insurance companies) over the cost of claims all too often causes them to deny medical care and other benefits to their injured workers. For insurance companies, it’s all about saving money. An injured worker needs competent legal representation for his workers’ compensation claim, so as to ensure that the worker receives all of the benefits to which he is entitled pursuant to the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Administrative Act.

Our Only Goal is Winning FOR YOU!

Our law firm is dedicated to the pursuit of Justice for injured workers throughout all of Oklahoma. We represent injured workers pursuant to a contingency attorney fee agreement. What’s contingency? This simply means that your lawyer isn’t paid for services unless and until the injured worker receives an award. Attorney fee rates on Workers’ Compensation Commission claims are regulated by the Oklahoma Legislature to be 10% of Temporary Total Disability recoveries, and 20% of Permanent Partial Disability recoveries.

Third Party Liability Claims

Many times the injury that a worker suffers is caused by a person who is not a co-employee. For example, a car accident while at work that was the fault of the other driver may create another claim against the negligent driver. In order for an injured worker to receive full compensation for his injury, it is often necessary and advisable to pursue the “third-party” negligent actor with a lawsuit in District Court. Our Tulsa Workers’ Compensation Attorney knows how to get you the compensation you deserve.