Potlatch Forests, Inc. v. Burks

Conley Byrd, Justice.

Appellants, Potlatch Forests, Inc., and Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, appeal from a circuit court order that set aside an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission denying Carl Burks compensation benefits for a hernia he experienced, because he failed to meet the five requirements laid down in Ark. Stat. Ann. § 81-1313(e) (Repl. 1960). That section provides:

“(e) Hernia: In all cases of claims for hernia it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Commission:

(,1) That the occurrence of the hernia immediately followed as the result of sudden effort, severe…