McBride v. L. R. McBride Eng., Inc.

HODGES, Vice Chief Justice.

This proceeding seeks review and vacation of a trial judge’s order denying petitioner’s claim for death benefits, resulting from death of a minor son during part-time employment with petitioner’s solely owned, corporate, oil well testing company.

The trial judge determined the fact of death on January 14, 1973, as a result of accidental injury sustained in course of covered employment. The court further found:

“That Terry Lee McBride, deceased, left no heirs at law, who suffered a pecuniary loss by reason of his death as defined by the Workmen’s Compensation Law, and…