LUCAS v. TRIAD DRILLING CO.

No. 89075.

969 P.2d 363 (1998)

1998 OK 98

Tommy LUCAS, Petitioner, v. TRIAD DRILLING COMPANY, National Union Fire Insurance, and The Workers' Compensation Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duke Halley, Woodward, for Petitioner.

Greg James, Oklahoma City, for Respondents.


WATT, J.

¶ 1 The workers' compensation claim from which this appeal arose involved an injury sustained by Tommy Lucas when the driver of a pickup truck in which Lucas was a passenger lost control of the pickup and wrecked it. The driver of the pickup was killed, and Lucas, who had been riding in the bed of the truck with another passenger, was paralyzed from the mid-chest down.

FACTS

¶ 2 The relevant...

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