FALCON DRILLING CO. v. THOMPSON

No. 55362.

634 P.2d 723 (1981)

FALCON DRILLING COMPANY and The Travelers Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. Virgina Mae THOMPSON and the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected September 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry H. Holland, Sanders, McElroy & Carpenter, Tulsa, for petitioners.

John Sprowls, Pauls, Valley, for respondent, Virginia Mae Thompson.


LAVENDER, Justice.

Virginia Mae Thompson and Carl W. Thompson filed a claim in the Workers' Compensation Court for income benefits for the death of Roy Thompson, deceased. Roy Thompson was killed in an auto accident on February 6, 1979, while working for Falcon Drilling Company, petitioner herein. The claimants were the natural mother and step-father of the deceased. Petitioner defended this claim on the grounds that the...

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