PEPSICO, INC. v. BURDEN

No. 73368.

786 P.2d 1226 (1989)

PEPSICO, INC., Petitioner, v. Melvin BURDEN, and The Workers' Compensation Court, Claimant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing February 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oldfield & Coker by John S. Oldfield, Jr. and Michael G. Coker, Oklahoma City (Schiff, Hardin & Waite by Roger Pascal and Cynthia N. Sarno, of counsel, Chicago, Ill.), for petitioner PepsiCo, Inc.

Keller, Fernald & Keller by E.W. Keller, Oklahoma City, for claimant-respondent Melvin Burden.


HODGES, Justice.

PepsiCo, Inc. (PepsiCo) seeks review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Court en banc which sustained the trial tribunal's award of benefits to Melvin Burden (claimant) against PepsiCo as guarantor of the workers' compensation liabilities of claimant's now bankrupt employer, Lee Way Motor Freight, Inc. (Lee Way). In addition, claimant seeks the assessment of attorney fees against PepsiCo.

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