An attorney for two state lawmakers and a firefighter's organization says Oklahoma's new workers' compensation law is unconstitutional and should be struck down.
Attorney John McMurry told a state Supreme Court referee Thursday that the law unconstitutionally delegates legislative powers and amounts to unconstitutional logrolling, or combining multiple subjects into one bill.
Oklahoma Solicitor General Patrick Wyrick and attorneys for business groups defended the law and say it should be given a chance to work.
Referee Greg Albert says he will write a report for the state's highest court before it decides whether to take up the case.
The new law was challenged in a lawsuit filed in September by state Sen. Harry Coates of Seminole, Rep. Emily Virgin of Norman and the Professional Firefighters ofOklahoma.
