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Wallen v. Carriker

Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Jul 13, 1937
70 P.2d 100 (Okla. 1937)

Opinion

No. 27424.

June 15, 1937. Rehearing Denied July 13, 1937.

(Syllabus.)

1. Workmen's Compensation — Compensable Injury to Deliveryman of Wholesale Establishment Received in Street Traffic.

An employee in a wholesale establishment, engaged as a deliveryman and injured in traffic, is entitled to an award for an injury arising out of and in the course of his employment under a liberal interpretation as enjoined upon the courts by statutory law.

2. Same — Law Applicable Where Employee's Work Is Integral Part of Industry Defined as Hazardous Though Work Performed in Place or Under Conditions not Inherently Hazardous.

When the work of an employee is manual or mechanical and is connected with, incident to and an integral part of business or industry enumerated in and defined as hazardous by the Workmen's Compensation Law, such employee is both protected and bound by the provisions of said act notwithstanding the fact that such work may be performed in a room or place or under conditions not inherently hazardous. Wilson Co. v. Musgrave, 180 Okla. 246, 68 P.2d 846.

Original action in Supreme Court by J.W. Wallen, doing business as Maywood Baking Company, and insurance carrier to review an award of the State Industrial Commission in favor of Roy Carriker. Award affirmed.

Clayton B. Pierce and T.B. Rucker, for petitioners.

Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., Houston W. Reeves, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Dan Nelson, for respondents.


The opinion in cause No. 27442, Pemberton Bakery v. State Industrial Commission and J.M. Blancett, this day rendered, is hereby adopted as the opinion in this cause, 180 Okla. 446, 70 P.2d 98.

OSBORN, C. J., and WELCH, PHELPS, CORN, and HURST, JJ., concur. BAYLESS, V. C. J., and GIBSON, J., dissent. BUSBY, J., absent.


Summaries of

Wallen v. Carriker

Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Jul 13, 1937
70 P.2d 100 (Okla. 1937)
Case details for

Wallen v. Carriker

Case Details

Full title:WALLEN et al. v. CARRIKER et al

Court:Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Date published: Jul 13, 1937

Citations

70 P.2d 100 (Okla. 1937)
70 P.2d 100

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