Smalygo v. Green

T1 This matter presents this Court's first application of the "good faith reliance" exception to the long-standing rule of principal employer liability stated in section 11(B)(@2) of the Workers' Compensation Act. Okla. Stat. tit. 85, §§ 1 through 211 (2001 & Supp.2007). The issue is whether competent evidence was presented to support the determination by a three-judge panel of the Workers' Compensation Court that a principal employer's reliance on proof of workers' compensation insurance did not meet the statutorily imposed standard of "good faith" necessary to exempt the principal employer…