SIDWELL v. EASTERN DRILLING

No. 55640.

637 P.2d 1276 (1981)

In the Matter of the Death of Toney Wayne SIDWELL; Carole R. Sidwell, Petitioner, v. EASTERN DRILLING, New Hampshire Insurance Company and Workers' Compensation Court, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 2.

Released for Publication December 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Vassar III, Oklahoma City, for petitioner.

Yvonne Sprager Nichols, Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hayes, Oklahoma City, for respondents.


Released for Publication by Order of Court of Appeals December 11, 1981.

BRIGHTMIRE, Judge.

The death of an oil man — was it caused solely by alcoholic intoxication? The trial court found it was and that the employer overcame, with substantial evidence, the statutory presumption that the accidental work-related death of its inebriated president was not due solely to intoxication, and denied workers' compensation death benefits to the official's widow...

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