Stiger v. State Line Tire Service

Sam BIRD, Judge.

Alvin Stiger appeals a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission in which he was

awarded temporary total disability benefits, but denied additional benefits under Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-505 (Repl. 1996), which provides for additional benefits to an employee when an employer willfully discriminates against the employee because he has filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. On appeal, Stiger argues that the Commission unconstitutionally denied him his right of due process by substituting its own credibility determination for that of the administrative law judge,…