This appeal arises out of Appellant's administration of the Estate of Marion Milam Kay who passed away on May 3, 2007. In her last will and testament, Kay appointed Appellant to serve as her personal representative (PR). As PR for the Estate, Appellant was charged with the responsibility of distributing Kay's assets, and in turn, Kay's will granted Appellant "reasonable compensation for the ser

¶1 The issue in this matter is whether summary judgment was properly granted to decedent's employer pursuant to Parret v. UNICCO Service Co., 2005 OK 54, 127 P.3d 572. Because material issues of fact remain in dispute, this cause must be remanded to the trial court for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶2 On January 9, 2008, a field engineer f

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Steven Allen Jameson with three counts of first-degree manslaughter in violation of 21 O.S. 711, unlawful possession of controlled drug in violation of 63 O.S. 2-402 and driving without a driver's license in violation of 47 O.S. 6-603(A).

Court docket entries:

Date Code Description Count Party Amount
04-30-2010 TEXT

The Defendant was charged, via presentment, with one count of sale of less than .5 grams of cocaine in a drug-free zone (school), one count of delivery of less than .5 grams of cocaine in a drug-free zone (school), one count of sale of less than .5 grams of cocaine in a drug-free zone (daycare center), and one count of delivery of less than .5 grams of cocaine in a drug-free zone (daycare center),

On February 1, 2011, Amanda Gilreath presented to Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority d/b/a Erlanger Health System (“Erlanger”) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, complaining of low back pain, an inability to urinate, and numbness of her lower extremities. She advised the medical providers, including the nurses and emergency room physicians, that she had received a diagnosis of cauda equina sy

Six-year-old Rachel'2 was Calhoun's stepdaughter. Her mother left
Rachel at home with Calhoun while she went shopping. Calhoun allegedly took
Rachel into his bedroom where he forced her to perform oral sex on him and
warned her not to tell anyone about the incident.
When Rachel's mother returned home, Rachel told her something had
happened while she was gone. Rachel's mot

In May 2011, KSF, a nonprofit theatrical organization, hired Brantley
Dunaway to serve as its director. KSF and Dunaway entered into an
Employment Agreement which provided Dunaway with an annual salary to be
supplemented with bonus payments each fiscal year if certain revenue
increases were achieved. Two years later, amid accusations of impropriety,
KSF terminated Dunaway'

In 2004, Hering was convicted of first-degree murder and two counts of
attempted murder. Hering shot his wife, Lisa Hering, and fired at two officers
who were responding to the incident. An order of restitution was filed on July 9,
2004, which ordered Hering to pay restitution of $150,000 to the estate of Lisa
and $27,409.84 to the Crime Victim Compensation Program.1
On

Oklahoma City, OK - Cathouse Murder Defendants Convicted

The State of Oklahoma charged Denny Phillips and Russell Hogshooter with:
Count # 1. Count as Filed: OPJ, CONSPIRACY TO COMMITA FELONY, TO-WIT: MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 421
Date of Offense: 11/08/2009
Party Name Disposition Information
HOGSHOOTER, RUSSELL LEE
COCHRAN, JOHNATHAN A

The complainant, Al Dehghani, was an Iranian student, who came to the United States to attend college at the University of Houston; he met and married Brenda Allen and they remained married for almost 25 years. He invested in real estate and, by 2013, at age 63, he owned and rented out approximately fifty homes.
When complainant’s rental property required maintenance, the complainant perfor

Fairview Heights, IL - Sesser Man Pleads Guilty To Bankruptcy Fraud

Scott L. Thompson, of Sesser, IL, pled guilty to bankruptcy fraud charges pending against him. Thompson was indicted on February 2, 2016, as part of an effort to crackdown on those who commit fraud during the course of bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

"My

Topeka, KS - Topeka Woman Pleads Guilty to Participating In Interstate Sex Trafficking

A Topeka woman pleaded guilty to taking part in an interstate sex trafficking business.

Rachel Flenniken, 34, Topeka, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and two counts of using an interstate facility in furtherance of prostitution. In her plea, she admitted working for a male co-d

Tulsa, OK - Man Sentenced to 12 Years In Prison on Manslaughter Charge

The State of Oklahoma charged Pedro Abraham Castro with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, MURDER - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7
Date of Offense: 02/11/2014
Party Name Disposition Information
CASTRO, PEDRO ABRAHAM
Count # 2. Count as Filed: ABDOM, DOMESTIC ASSAULT & BATTERY

In this appeal from convictions of involuntary manslaughter by
commission of public offense and child endangerment resulting in death,
we primarily consider a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel
based on the failure to challenge the sufficiency of evidence to support
the submission of all four alternative means of committing the crime of
child endangerment. On our

Austin, TX - Austin Area Chiropractor Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Receiving Millions in Kickbacks and Money Laundering

Garry Wayne Craighead, a 49-year-old Leander, TX, chiropractor, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for receiving over $17 million in kickbacks in exchange for referring patients covered by the federal worker’s compensation program (FECA program).<

Dallas, TX - Brothers Sentenced on Visa Fraud Convictions

Atul and Jay Nanda Used Their Corporation, Dibon Solutions in Carrollton, Texas, to Commit Fraud Through H-1B Visa Program to Create a Low-Cost Workforce

Two brothers who were convicted at trial in November 2015 on felony offenses stemming from a conspiracy they ran to commit visa fraud to secure a low-cost workforce at th

In 2010, the City of Laramie adopted Laramie Municipal Ordinance 10.24.030(H), which imposed enhanced penalties for driving while under the influence if the offender’s alcohol concentration (BAC) was “fifteen one-hundredths of one percent or more, as measured within two hours after the time of driving following a lawful arrest resulting from a valid traffic stop.” Under the ordinance, a driver wi

The plaintiffs in these consolidated appeals, Robert Nelson and Kelli Tyrrell
(Tyrrell), as Special Administrator of the Estate of Brent Tyrrell (Brent), pled violations
of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51 through 60, for injuries
allegedly sustained while Nelson and Brent were employed by BNSF Railway Company
in states other than Montana. Both act

On January 22, 2014 at about 6:30 p.m., the Vermont State Police received a tip
from an identified caller about the erratic operation of a motor vehicle in the Town of Bethel.
The caller provided the vehicle’s license plate number, which the State Police used to identify
the registered owner and her address. The arresting trooper parked on South Main Street in front
of the li

Santa Ana, CA - Three Plead Guilty in Scheme involving nearly $600 Million in Fraudulent Claims by SoCal Hospitals

As two criminal cases became public this week, the Justice Department announced three cases in which additional defendants have pleaded guilty to federal charges for participating in a long-running health care fraud scheme that illegally referred thousands of patients for spi

Jean and Fred Dedmon (collectively, ―Plaintiffs‖) filed this lawsuit against John T. Cook, seeking to recover for injuries arising out of a car accident. Plaintiffs alleged that Mrs. Dedmon incurred medical expenses totaling $52,482.87, and they attached her medical bills to the complaint. Defendant Cook filed an answer specifically denying that the medical bills attached to the comp

On the morning of June 22, 2011, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a suspicious, large, wooden crate at Land Air Express, a freight forwarding company. Officers John O’Brien, Jonathon Sandel, and Patrick McIntyre, members of the sheriff’s DEA Task Force, were assigned to investigate the package. Officers O’Brien and McIntyre testified at the hearing on appellant’s motion to s

The Collin County Grand Jury returned three felony indictments against appellant. One
indictment charged appellant with acting as an “investment advisor representative” with registered with the Texas Securities Board; and the other two indictments alleged appellant
committed securities fraud. Appellant challenged the three indictments in four applications for
pretrial writs of ha

Dallas, TX - Brothers Sentenced on Visa Fraud Convictions

Atul and Jay Nanda Used Their Corporation, Dibon Solutions in Carrollton, Texas, to Commit Fraud Through H-1B Visa Program to Create a Low-Cost Workforce.

Two brothers who were convicted at trial in November 2015 on felony offenses stemming from a conspiracy they ran to commit visa fraud to secure a low-cost workforce at t

“Times are tough.” This was probably not quite the reaction the complaining witness,
Christopher Gervais, expected from defendant, John Benoit, when he confronted the tradesman
as he was rifling through the wallet Mr. Gervais kept on top of his bedroom dresser. Although
that response may have been surprising, defendant’s presence in Mr. Gervais’s apartment was
not totally une