Case Title: WILLIAMS v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION

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Docket Number: 113270

State: oklahoma

Court: Oklahoma Supreme Court

Date: 2014-11-17T00:00:00Z

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WILLIAMS v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION  WILLIAMS v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION 2014 OK 98 Case Number: 113270 Decided: 11/17/2014 As Corrected: November 19, 2014 THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OKLAHOMA NOTICE: THIS OPINION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION. UNTIL RELEASED, IT IS SUBJECT TO REVISION OR WITHDRAWAL. ROBIN E. WILLIAMS, JANET UHRHAN, SHERRI LYNN ROGERS, MELVIN D. BARROW, TOMMY R. HAYDEN, AND SHERRY ELOISE JOSEPH, Petitioners, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION, STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Respondent. ORDER ¶1 Original jurisdiction is assumed. Art. 7 § 4, Okla. Const. Let the writs of mandamus and prohibition issue. Respondent, Workers' Compensation Commission ("Commission"), shall provide a stenographer for stenographic reporting of all hearings before the Commission as required by 85A O.S. Supp. 2013, § 72 (B)(1)(a). To the extent that Emergency Rule 810:10-5-48 (d) conflicts with the requirements of 85A O.S. Supp. 2013, § 72 (B), the Commission is prohibited from providing only an audio recording of all hearings, in lieu of a stenographer. DONE BY THE ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE THIS17th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2014. /S/CHIEF JUSTICE COLBERT, C.J., REIF, V.C.J., KAUGER, EDMONDSON, COMBS, and GURICH, JJ., concur. WATT, J., concurs in part and dissents in part. WINCHESTER and TAYLOR, JJ., dissent.