Legal Opinion

Shiflett v. Scott County Poultry Co.

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided July 1, 1965No. 5-3517Published

1Opinion of the Court

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Appellant Fred A. Shiflett was employed by the appellee, Scott County Poultry Company. On August 14, 1962 while at his work on a wet slippery floor his feet slipped, and to keep from falling he grabbed a nearby counter and received a strain in the lumbosacral region of his back. The present claim is for temporary total disability.1

The Referee heard the claim on February 26, 1963, and disallowed it after finding that the claimant had failed to establish any right to compensability. There was an appeal to the Full…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. J. L. Williams & Sons, Inc. v. SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1943
  2. Harding Glass Co. v. AlbertsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1945
  3. Reynolds Metal Company v. RobbinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1959
  4. Wilson Hargett Const. Co. v. HolmesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1962
  5. Rannals v. Smokeless Coal Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1959

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