OKLAHOMA CITY (AP, posted Sept. 13, 2016) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court Tuesday struck down the "opt out" provision of the state's workers' compensation law, ruling it is an unconstitutional special law that gives employers the authority to single out injured workers for inequitable treatment.

In a 7-2 ruling, the state's highest court said the "opt out" provision "creates impermissible, unequal, disparate treatment" of injured workers and "does not guarantee members of the subject class, all employees, the same rights when a work related injury occurs," in violation of the Oklahoma Constitutio...