Cook v. Recovery Corp.

David Newbern, Justice.

This is a workers’ compensation case decided by a tie vote of the Court of Appeals. Cook v. Recovery Corp., 50 Ark.App. 49, 900 S.W.2d 212 (1995). The appellant, Danny Cook, was injured while employed simultaneously by the appellees, City of Osceola and Recovery Corporation. He claimed benefits from each employer. The Workers’ Compensation Commission held Mr. Cook’s maximum permanent total disability benefits to be 66 2/3% of the average combined wages of his two employers. Given the statutory benefits cap at the time of the injury, the benefits were limited to $226.11…