OKLAHOMA NATURAL GAS CO. v. WILLIAMS

No. 54834.

639 P.2d 1222 (1981)

OKLAHOMA NATURAL GAS COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Alvie WILLIAMS and the Workers' Compensation Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected December 2, 1981.

Rehearing Denied February 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yvonne Sparger Nichols, Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hayes, Oklahoma City, for petitioner.

John B. Estes and Ernest W. Eblen, Stipe, Gossett, Stipe, Harper & Estes, Oklahoma City, for respondents.


OPALA, Justice:

The question for decision is whether Claimant's injury in an automobile accident — while he was en route home from an annual Christmas party sponsored by his employer — occurred "in the course of his employment". The trial tribunal ruled that it did. We hold that the material findings made on this issue by the three-judge review panel rest on competent evidence and are hence binding on this...

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