An agreed settlement may be approved by the Workers' Compensation Commission or the Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims while a petition for review is pending in this Court. The parties need not seek approval of the appellate court to pursue a joint settlement before the Workers' Compensation Commission or the Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims. However, when the parties seek a joint settlement before the Workers' Compensation Commission or the Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims, they shall file in the appellate court a joint motion to stay the appellate review proceeding for a period specified in the motion. The clerk of the Workers' Compensation Commission or the clerk of the Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims is responsible for filing, forthwith, a copy of the approved settlement , in this Court bearing the Supreme Court number. That filing shall constitute a dismissal of the pending review without further order of this Court.

Adopted by order of the Supreme Court, eff. January 1, 1997. Amended by order of the Supreme Court, 2012 OK 57, eff. September 1, 2012. (superseded document available)Amended by order of the Supreme Court, 2023 OK 5, eff. January 23, 2023. (superseded document available)