Rule 16 - DENIAL OF CLAIMS - DEFENSESA. The respondent or its insurance carrier may deny liability of any claim, including a claim for payment of health care services or rehabilitation expenses, or a claim for combined disabilities, by timely filing a Form 10 or Form 10M under Rule 19 or Rule 50, as appropriate.B.1. A general denial or failure to timely file a Form 10 or Form 10M shall be taken as admitting all allegations in the claim form except jurisdictional issues; anda. the extent, if any, of the claimant's disability, for a Form 3 or Form 3B claim; orb. the amount due, if any, for a death claim.2. Unless excused by the Court for good cause shown, denials and affirmative defenses shall be asserted on the Form 10 or Form 10M or shall be waived. No reply to the Form 10 or Form 10M is required.Okla. Stat. tit. 85, § 16
Adopted by order of the Supreme Court, 1997 OK 130, eff. 11/1/1997; Renumbered from former Rule 17 and amended by order of the Supreme Court, 2006 OK 6 , eff. 1/30/2006.