Legal Opinion
May v. Purolator Security Service
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 31, 1978No. 51394PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HARGRAVE, Justice:
The sole issue for review is whether a trial judge’s award of death benefits is supported by competent evidence.
Robert Lynn May, employed by petitioner, Purolator Service Company, hereafter respondent, completed his assigned route on November 6, 1976, but did not return to headquarters. The company truck later was found abandoned, and on November 21, 1976, May’s body was found in a rural field, death having resulted from gunshot wounds.
The paternal grandmother filed claim for death benefits on behalf of a dependent minor, who suffered pecuniary loss from her father’s death.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Young v. NeelySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1960
- Western Grain & Sugar Prod. Co. v. PillsburyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916
- Royster v. McCoySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1956
- Gulf Oil Corporation v. HarrisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1967
- Travelers Ins. v. CardilloCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Matter of Death of MaySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1978