Cedar Chemical Co. v. Knight

Robert J. Gladwin, Judge.

This is an appeal from the March 14, 2006 decision of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (Commission) awarding benefits to appellee Jimmy T. Knight. The employer and insurance carrier appellants contend that no substantial evidence exists to support the Commission’s decision that appellee sustained a compensable injury. We affirm the Commission’s decision.

Facts

Knight is a fifty-five year old man who had been employed with appellant for about five years when he sustained his injury on July 1, 2001. Knight worked as a lead operator in Unit Six of the Cedar…