Holley v. Ace American Insurance Co.

KAUGER, J.,

with whom WINCHESTER, TAYLOR, COMBS, JJ., join dissenting.

T1 This cause arose when an Oklahoma worker, Appellee's husband, was killed at *922employer Unit Corporation's job-site in Texas. It is not disputed that: 1) the husband's contract for employment was made in Oklahoma; 2) he was killed in the seope of his employment at his employer's job-site in Texas; 3) his widow (wife) could have elected to receive workers' compensation death benefits under either Texas law or Oklahoma law; and 4) the wife recovered workers' compensation death benefits and tort damages from third parties as…