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NATIONAL LEAD AND ZINC COMPANY v. HIGHTOWER

No. 37236.

302 P.2d 780 (1956)

NATIONAL LEAD and ZINC COMPANY and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Petitioners, v. Muriel A. HIGHTOWER and the State Industrial Commission, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

October 16, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Covington & Donovan, Tulsa, for petitioners.

Howard C. Triggs, Oklahoma City, Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., for respondents.

CORN, Justice.

In this case it appears that on the 30th day of November, 1952, Lewis W. Hightower, while in the employ of National Lead and Zinc Company, sustained an accidental injury consisting of an injury to his lungs from which he died on May 5, 1953. The injury was caused by the inhalation of Chlorine gas fumes.

On August 14, 1953, Muriel A. Hightower, surviving widow and sole dependent heir of deceased filed...

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