Keith A. Miller
was a twelve-year member of the Tulsa Fire Department where he
worked as a first responder. Sometime during his employment, he
contracted hepatitis C. The Workers' Compensation Court found that,
as is often the case in these types of claims, the claimant could
not testify as to which, of several exposures, was the source of the
disease. It then found the claim compensable. A three-judge panel
unanimously affirmed. We sustain the order.
Too weak to
stand, Pamela Wallace asked if she could sit to address the court.
Once a faceless, nameless plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit,
Wallace chose Friday to identify herself, by name and profession, by
offering personal details and private longings, and by detailing,
once and for all, what she has lost.
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