LUM v. LEE WAY MOTOR FREIGHT, INC.

No. 64213.

757 P.2d 810 (1987)

Ronald LUM, Claimant-Petitioner, v. LEE WAY MOTOR FREIGHT, INC., Own-Risk Employer, and PepsiCo, Inc., as Guarantor for the own-risk employer, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Grennan, Messrs. Greenan & Faulkner, Oklahoma City, for petitioner.

Kenneth N. McKinney, Robert R. Roark, Messrs. McKinney, Stringer & Webster, Charles C. Green, Messrs. Turner, Turner, Green & Braun, Oklahoma City, for respondent-PepsiCo, Inc.


OPALA, Justice.

Two issues stand tendered for our review: [1] Does the parent company's guaranty, statutorily required to preserve its subsidiary's status as an own-risk employer, make the guarantor liable for payment of benefits awarded before the effective date of the guaranty, where the employer's default in payment occurred after the guaranty's revocation? and [2] Did the Workers' Compensation Court commit...

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