PONCA CITY WELFARE ASS'N v. LUDWIGSEN

No. 80732.

882 P.2d 1062 (1994)

PONCA CITY WELFARE ASSOCIATION, Petitioner, v. Phyllis LUDWIGSEN and the Workers' Compensation Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected October 12, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.W. Nichols, Jr. and Katresa J. Riffel, Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hayes, Oklahoma City, for petitioner.

Fred L. Boettcher and Walt Brune, Boettcher & Brune, Ponca City, for respondent.


SUMMERS, Justice:

Today we must decide whether a salaried employee of a non-profit, charitable organization is entitled to workers' compensation benefits in Oklahoma. Claimant was injured moving heavy cans of food for distribution to the needy. Respondent defends by asserting that the Workers' Compensation Act at § 3(5) includes only activity done by an employer "for pecuniary gain." Respondent is correct. We must reverse...

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