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Okla. Stat. tit. 85A, § 1 (2026)

Short title - Administrative Workers' Compensation Act

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Sections 1 through 106 and 150 through 168 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Administrative Workers' Compensation Act". The provisions of the Administrative Workers' Compensation Act shall be strictly construed. Added by Laws 2013, c. 208, § 1.

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Cited in 21 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 2014–2025 · leading case: Odom v. Penske Truck Leasing Co., 2018 OK 23 (Okla. 2018).
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Odom v. Penske Truck Leasing Co., 2018 OK 23 (Okla. 2018). · cites it 6× “What is the effect of Oklahoma's Administrative Workers' Compensation Act (AWCA), Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 85A, § 1 et seq., on the dual-capacity doctrine? In particular, does the AWCA's exclusive-remedy provision bar an employee from bringing a tort suit against a stockholder of…”
Braitsch v. City of Tulsa, 2018 OK 100 (Okla. 2018). “: ¶ 1 The Petitioner, Kelli Braitsch, injured her 1 right arm while employed by the City of Tulsa and after the effective date of the Administrative Workers' Compensation Act (AWCA), 85A O.S. §§ 1 - 125. Through her collective bargaining agreement, Braitsch was paid her full…”
Hill v. Am. Med. Response, 2018 OK 57 (Okla. 2018). “: ¶ 1 The question before this Court concerns whether evidence in the underlying workers compensation proceeding should have been excluded by the administrative law judge, as well as the constitutionality of several provisions of the Administrative Workers Compensation Act…”
Compsource Mut. Ins. Co. v. Oklahoma Tax Comm'n, 435 P.3d 90 (Okla. 2018). “§ 6101 referring to 85 O.S. § 173 was never amended. The fact that the OTC followed the trail and continued to pay rebates until 2015, does not change the fact that once 85 O.”
Pina v. Am. Piping Inspection, Inc., 2018 OK 40 (Okla. 2018). “¶ 6 Petitioner filed a claim for benefits under the Administrative Workers' Compensation Act (AWCA) 85A O.S. §§ 1 - 125. Employer denied the claim was compensable within the meaning of the AWCA on the following grounds: (1) Petitioner was not performing employment services at…”
Hopson v. Exterran Energy Solutions, LP, 2018 OK 33 (Okla. 2018). · cites it 2× “85A O.S. §§ 1 -125. 85A O.S. Supp. 2013 § 7.”
Lind v. Barnes Tag Agency, Inc., 418 P.3d 698 (Okla. 2018). “When the WCC's Order on that issue became final, Barnes's ability to invoke the exclusive remedy as a bar was dead. ¶ 2 I write separately to dispel the notion that the result in this case would be any different if brought under the Administrative Workers' Compensation Act…”
Odom v. Penske Truck Leasing Co., 704 F. App'x 780 (10th Cir. 2017). “What is the effect of Oklahoma’s Administrative Workers’ Compensation Act (AWCA), Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 85A, § 1 et seq., on the dual-capacity doctrine? In particular, does the AWCA’s exclusive-remedy provision 1 bar an employee from bringing a tort suit against a stockholder of…”
Mathis v. Kerr, 2024 OK 52 (Okla. 2024). · cites it 2× “13 Title 85A O.S. 2021 §1 provides: Sections 1 through 106 and 150 through 168 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Administrative Workers' Compensation Act".”
Young v. Station 27, Inc., 2017 OK 68 (Okla. 2017). · cites it 6× “17 85A O.S.Supp.2013 § 1 states in part: "Sections 1 through 106 and 150 through 168 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "'Administrative Workers' Compensation Act.”
Harwood v. Ardagh Grp., 2022 OK 51 (Okla. 2022). · cites it 2× “The Majority correctly points out that the case did not fall within the Administrative Workers' Compensation Act (Workers' Compensation Act), 85A O.S.2013 §§ 1 et seq. , because the employee had "clocked out" and was not injured "in the course of his employment.”
Question Submitted by: Chairman Troy L. Wilson, Workers' Comp. Comm'n, 2014 OK AG 14 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2014). · cites it 2× “The legislation contains three separate acts: the Administrative Workers' Compensation Act, 85A O.S.Supp.2013, §§ 1 - 125, the Oklahoma Employee Injury Benefit Act, id.”
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