Arkansas Power & Light Co. v. Johnson

Walter R. Niblock, Special Justice.

Jetta Catherine Johnson, Appellee, brought this action as Administratrix of the estate of Richard Lee Johnson, deceased, on her behalf as widow and on behalf of her two minor children, against Arkansas Power and Light Company, Appellant.

Richard Lee Johnson was employed as a painter by Don McCormick Paint Company for approximately two weeks prior to his death. During that time, he had worked at the Community Church, 20th and Louisiana in Little Rock, Arkansas. When the accident occurred, Johnson had begun to apply the second coat of paint, repeating the work…