Legal Opinion
Davis v. Whitsett
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided December 19, 1967No. 41110PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal involves a judgment, based on a jury verdict, in the amount of $75,000.00, in favor of the plaintiff in an action for the wrongful death of one Clarence Whitsett. Mr. Whitsett died as the result of injuries sustained in an explosion, while he was doing some welding work on the top of a 100-barrel steel tank on an oil and gas lease that was owned and being operated by the defendants. After their motion for a new trial had been overruled, the defendants perfected their appeal to this court.
There was no conflict in the evidence. For several years prior .to the explosion the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Kinney v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1914
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