Legal Opinion
Lucas v. Triad Drilling Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 13, 1998No. 89075PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWatt, J.
¶ 1 The workers’ compensation claim from which this appeal arose involved an injury sustained by Tommy Lucas when the driver of a pickup truck in which Lucas was a passenger lost control of the pickup and wrecked it. The driver of the pickup was killed, and Lucas, who had been riding in the bed of the truck with another passenger, was paralyzed from the mid-chest down.
FACTS
¶2 The relevant facts are undisputed. Lucas worked as a “floorhand” on drilling rigs for Triad Drilling Company. On the day he was injured, June 14, 1995, Lucas had worked on a drilling rig located about ninety miles from…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- City of Edmond v. MondaySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
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