Sharkey v. Washington National Insurance Co.

WOLLMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal by Washington National Insurance Company (Company), defendant, from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff, Michael J. Sharkey. We affirm.

Plaintiff’s son Leo Sharkey (Sharkey), a native of Winner, South Dakota, obtained employment as an oil field worker in Gillette, Wyoming, on July 21, 1977. He became acquainted with another young South Dakotan, Marvin Schumacher, who was employed by the same firm, and the two roomed together for a time.

As oil field workers are apparently wont to do, Sharkey and Schumacher stopped for a beer after work…