Opinion No.

The Honorable Travis Dowd State Representative P.O. Box 2015 Texarkana, AR 75504

Dear Representative Dowd:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following question:

If a person who owns and operates a crushing business in Arkansas hires an independent trucking company to haul his product, and while loading the truck on his premises, an employee of the trucking company is injured and the trucking company does not have Workers' Compensation insurance, is the owner of the crushing business liable for the injuries to the employee of the trucking company?

If it is clear that the…