PepsiCo, Inc. v. Pierce

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HODGES, Justice.

Petitioner, PepsiCo, challenges an order of the Workers’ Compensation Court certifying an award for enforcement in the district court. The order held that PepsiCo was liable as guarantor of the workers’ compensation liabilities of Lee Way Motor Freight, claimant’s now defunct employer.

Three issues are raised. All three issues were expressly or impliedly decided by the decisions in PepsiCo, Inc. v. Sharp, 781 P.2d 814 (Okla.1989), and PepsiCo, Inc. v. Burden, 786 P.2d 1226 (Okla.1989).

PepsiCo first challenges its inclusion as guarantor in the certification…