OKLAHOMA STEEL CORPORATION v. CHAFIN

No. 38662.

349 P.2d 12 (1960)

OKLAHOMA STEEL CORPORATION and Pacific Employers Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. Freida CHAFIN, Employers Liability Assurance Corporation and the State Industrial Commission, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

January 26, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Looney, Watts, Looney & Nichols, Oklahoma City, for petitioners.

Fisher & O'Toole, Oklahoma City, Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., for respondent.


BLACKBIRD, Justice.

Freida Chafin, hereinafter called claimant, commenced this proceeding to recover under the Death Benefit Provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act, Tit. 85 O.S. 1951 § 1 et seq. The claimant was awarded compensation for an accidental injury to her husband resulting in death. The award of the State Industrial Commission in substance is as follows:

"That Joel K. Chafin was in the employ of...

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