KIER v. BURTON

No. 40313.

385 P.2d 489 (1963)

Sam KIER, d/b/a Sam Kier Heating & Air Conditioning and Central Surety and Insurance Corporation, Petitioners, v. Iva BURTON and the State Industrial Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied October 8, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Savage, Gibson, Benefield & Shelton, by Robert E. Shelton, Oklahoma City, for petitioners.

Garrison, Preston & Preston, by Denzil D. Garrison and Thomas B. Preston, Bartlesville, Charles R. Nesbitt, Atty. Gen., for respondents.


WILLIAMS, Justice.

The decision under review allows statutory death benefits to the widow and dependent children of a deceased workman. The award rests upon the trial tribunal's finding that decedent's death on August 2, 1961, was caused by an electric shock sustained in the course of his employment.

The principal issue of fact formed in the proceeding below, and tendered by the employer on review, is whether decedent...

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