Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma November 10, 1981, No. 55640 (Sidwell v. Eastern Drilling)

BRIGHTMIRE, Judge.

The death of an oil man — was it caused solely by alcoholic intoxication? The trial court found it was and that the employer overcame, with substantial evidence, the statutory presumption that the accidental work-related death of its inebriated president was not due solely to intoxication, and denied workers’ compensation death benefits to the official’s widow.