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RESOLUTION R-1920-95: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AUTHORIZING JOINT PETITION SETTLEMENTS OF THE CLAIMS FILED BY CHRISTOPHER BOZEMAN UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION STATUTES OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA IN THE CASES OF CHRISTOPHER BOZEMAN V. THE CITY OF NORMAN, WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION CASE NOS. 2015-08111 R AND 2018-02917 J; DIRECTING THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO THEN FILE SUCH SETTLEMENTS AND ALL ATTENDANT COSTS IN THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA; AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO SUBSEQUENTLY PURCHASE SUCH WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION JUDGMENT FROM THE RISK MANAGEMENT INSURANCE FUND.
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BACKGROUND: Christopher Bozeman is a former (30) thirty-year employee of the City of Norman Utilities Department, Sewer Line Maintenance Division. He began his employment with the City of Norman as a Plant Operator D on July 27, 1987 at the Water Treatment Plant and resigned August 14, 2001. Mr. Bozeman was then rehired as a Tire Repair Tech in the Public Works Department, Fleet Division on March 18, 2002, transferred to Auto Service Tech on February 21, 2003 and Maintenance Worker I in the Utilities Department, Sewer Line Maintenance Division on September 9, 2005, and was promoted to Maintenance Worker II on April 28, 2006. He separated from employment on April 18, 2018.
Mr. Bozeman filed a workers' compensation claim with the Workers Compensation Commission (CM 2015-08111 R) on December 9, 2015, alleging a single incident injury to the back on or about October 7, 2015, while root cutting a city sewer. On May 9, 2018, he filed a second claim (CM 2018-02917 J) alleging a single incident injury to the right arm/right shoulder and left arm/left shoulder on or about January 25, 2018, while he was holding a high-pressure hose during a pump surge.
The City admitted both claims and they proceeded through the normal litigation process. On January 29, 2020, a me...
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