HUGHES DRILLING CO. v. CRAWFORD

No. 61207.

697 P.2d 525 (1985)

HUGHES DRILLING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Theodore H. CRAWFORD and Sandra O. Crawford, Parents of Theodore Layton Crawford, Deceased, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied April 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fenton, Fenton, Smith, Reneau & Moon by Donald R. Wilson, Oklahoma City, for petitioner.

Shoemake & Shoemake by Shockley T. Shoemake, Pawhuska, and Stipe, Gossett, Stipe, Harper, Estes, McCune & Parks by Gene Stipe and William Craig Dawkins, Oklahoma City, for respondents.


HODGES, Justice.

The question to be answered in this appeal from a certified interlocutory order is whether the parents of a deceased minor, whose death accidentally occurred in the course of his employment, may bring an action against his employer in district court, or whether they are limited to the benefits provided under the Workers' Compensation Act.1 We hold that the Workers' Compensation...

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