Great American Indemnity Co. v. Bailey

It is my best judgment, reluctantly arrived at due to sympathy for appellee, that the majority opinion reaches an erroneous conclusion, and that the error is such moment that it deserves comment.

Due to the facts and issues in this case, regardless of whatever view may be taken, appellee is not entitled to recover if in fact he was an agricultural farm laborer as that term is used in Ark. Stats., § 81-1302 (c) (1).

To begin with, agricultural farm labor is a broader term than farm labor. Many cases have held this to be true. In the case of Cook v. Massey, (Idaho), 220 P. 1088, it was stated…