Cummings v. J. J. Newberry Company

Ed. P. MoFaddin, Justice.

The question is, whether the Arkansas Workmen’s Compensation Law affords the exclusive remedy allowed a minor employee against the employer for compensation for injuries sustained by the minor in the course of employment, when the minor was employed in violation of the Arkansas Child Labor Law. We answer the question in the affirmative.

On October 15, 1946, the appellant, Gloria L. Cummings (a minor, acting by her father and next friend, Howard Cummings), filed this action in the circuit court against appellee, J. J. Newberry Co. The complaint alleged that appellee…