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VASQUEZ v. DILLARD'S, INC.

Case Number: 114810.

381 P.3d 768 (2016)

2016 OK 89

Jonnie Yvonne VASQUEZ, Plaintiff/Respondent, v. DILLARD'S, INC., Qualified Employer, Defendant/Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Decided: September 13, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Calvin Sharpe , Catherine L. Campbell , Amy D. White , PHILLIPS MURRAH P.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Defendant/Petitioner, Dillards, Inc.

Jay M. Wallace (pro hac vice), Alana Ackels (pro hac vice), BELL NUNNALY & MARTIN LLP, Dallas, Texas, Rabindranath Ramana, CALVERT LAW FIRM, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Plaintiff/Respondent, Jonnie Yvonne Vasquez.

Bob Burke , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Patrick R. Wyrick , Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for the State of Oklahoma.

Brandon Burton , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Kathleen G. Sumner , Greensboro, NC, Amici Curiae for Academic Experts in support of Respondent Vasquez.

Brandon Burton , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Daniel M. Dalmat , Daniel M. Rosenthal , JAMES & HOFFMAN, P.C., Washington, D.C., Amici Curiae for National Employment Law Project.

Larry Derryberry , Douglas A. Rice , DERRYBERRY & NAIFEH, LLP, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Amici Curiae for AIA, PCI and NAMIC in support of Respondent Vasquez.

¶ 1 With the constitutionality of the Oklahoma Employee Injury Benefit Act, 85A O.S. Supp. 2014 201-213, squarely before this Court in the instant cause, we determine that we have authority to address the special law issues presented pursuant to the legislative directive contained in 85A O.S. Supp. 2014 213(A)1

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