Agricultural Group-Compensation Self-Insurer Fund v. Polk County Circuit Court

W.H. “Dub” Arnold, Chief Justice.

This is a petition for a writ of prohibition filed by petitioner Agricultural Group-Compensation Self-Insurer Fund (“AgComp SIF”), the workers’ compensation carrier for Wellco Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Wellco Feed Mill. The respondent is the Polk County Circuit Court. We deny the writ.

On February 26, 1993, Wellco employee Donald Kenyon was injured while on the job. He filed a claim with the Workers’ Compensation Commission against Wellco and AgComp SIF, a trust that provides workers’ compensation benefits to its members as a self-insured fund. See Ark. Code…