Opinion No. (2000)

Dear Commissioner Wynn:

¶ 0 This office has received your request for an official Attorney General Opinion in which you ask, in effect, the following question:

As a matter of law, does a State employee's work-related governmental tort claim against the State employer fall within the exemption of 2000 Okla. Sess. Laws. ch. 371, § 174 (to be codified at 51 O.S. Supp. 2000, § 155(14)) that exempts a State or political subdivision from a loss to any person covered by any "employer's liability act"?

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Introduction

¶ 1 To answer your question, we must first determine whether acts such as the…