LEWIS DRILLING COMPANY v. BROOKS

No. 42856.

451 P.2d 956 (1969)

LEWIS DRILLING COMPANY and Standard Accident and Insurance Co., its Insurance Carrier, Petitioners, v. Gene BROOKS, Deceased, Mary Brooks, Widow, and the State Industrial Commission of the State of Oklahoma, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 4, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald N. Bykerk, Oklahoma City, for petitioners.

Harry R. Palmer, Jr., Oklahoma City, G.T. Blankenship, Atty. Gen., for respondents.


LAVENDER, Justice.

In this proceeding, we are asked to vacate an order of the State Industrial Court, sitting en banc, which adopts, affirms, and makes the judgment and order of that court, an order of a trial judge of that court sustaining the claim of Mary Brooks for compensation in the amount of $13,500.00 for the death of her husband, Gene Brooks.

It is undisputed that on July 17, 1958, Gene Brooks was employed...

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