Sharp v. Redco Corporation

JACKSON, Justice.

In this proceeding, claimant Geneva Irene Sharp seeks review of an order of the State Industrial Court denying compensation under the death benefit provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 85 O.S.1951 § 1 et seq. Claimant is the widow of John Francis Sharp, deceased, former employee of respondent Redco Corporation, who died on December 20, 1958, as a result of a myocardial infarction and coronary occlusion.

The essential and undisputed facts are summarized, as follows:

Employee was fifty years of age at the time of his death. He had been employed by respondent Redco for…