WHIPPLE v. PHILLIPS AND SONS TRUCKING, LLC

No. 118,360.

474 P.3d 339 (2020)

2020 OK 75

Sharla WHIPPLE, individually, Next of Kin, & Personal Representative of the Estate of Taylor Ray Borth, deceased, Plaintiff/Petitioner, v. PHILLIPS AND SONS TRUCKING, LLC., a Domestic Corporation, JDC Drilling, LLC., a Domestic Corporation, Titan Drilling, LLC., a Domestic Corporation, Steve Jernigan, an Individual, Bradford G. Barby, an Individual, Steve Powless, an Individual, Robert L. Snyder, an Individual, Roy Roundtree, an Individual, Abel Gregory Ortega, an Individual, Matthew Dow Hughes, an Individual, Rafael Marquez, an Individual, Gary Jennings, an Individual, Deering Safety Consulting LLC., a Domestic Corp., Aaron Deering, an Individual, Defendants/Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

FILED September 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Zurawik , Micah Felton , Timothy P. Clancy , Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Plaintiff/Petitioner.

Don W. Danz , Rebecca S. Woodward , Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendants/Respondents.


¶1 The determinative issue on certiorari is whether a parent of an adult, unmarried, childless decedent killed in the course of employment may bring a wrongful death action in the district court. We hold that the right of a parent as the next of kin to bring a wrongful death action when the decedent is an adult, unmarried, and childless...

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