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BROWN v. BURKETT

No. 67071.

755 P.2d 650 (1988)

Jim BROWN, d/b/a R & R Builders, Petitioner, v. Richard D. BURKETT and James Figgins, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

May 3, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney J. Heggy, Cheek, Cheek, & Cheek, Oklahoma City, for petitioner, Jim Brown, d/b/a R & R Builders.

Rose M.J. Sloan, John S. Oldfield, Jr., Oldfield and Coker, Oklahoma City, for respondent, James Figgins.

J. Mike Lawter, and Jamie Pitts, Lawter & Pitts, Inc., Oklahoma City, for respondent, Richard D. Burkett.

OPALA, Justice.

The dispositive question on review1 is whether the petitioner was the claimant's employer at the time of the injury in suit. We answer in the negative and vacate the award.

Richard D. Burkett [claimant] was injured when he fell off the roof of a house where he was working as a carpenter and electrician. James Figgins [owner] owned the house. Jim Brown [petitioner or Brown...

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