LAVENDER, Vice Chief Justice.
This first impression question presented for our review is whether 85 O.S. 1991 § 5 creates a right of action for a retaliatory discharge when the employer's reason for not rehiring a discharged employee may have been significantly motivated by the employee's filing of a workers' compensation claim even, though the original dismissal was not. We answer in the negative.
Employee Hall suffered two injuries to his back...
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