Legal Opinion
Rooney v. Charles
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided January 30, 1978No. 77-300PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
John A. Fogleman, Justice.
Rubie Charles suffered a compensable injury while employed by appellant Frank J. Rooney as a construction laborer. His temporary total disability ended January 14, 1975. He was thereafter awarded compensation for permanent and total disability by an administrative law judge on July 23, 1976, after a hearing on February 13, 1976, and by the Arkansas Workmen’s Compensation Commission on October 18, 1976. Medical evidence showed a maximum 20% disability to the body as a whole, but the commission found Charles was permanently and totally disabled because his injury was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Glass v. EdensSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1961
- Eastern S. S. Lines, Inc. v. MonahanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940
- Corbitt v. Mohawk Rubber Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1974
- McDaniel v. Hilyard Drilling Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1961
- Ray v. Shelnutt Nursing HomeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1969
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Department v. BreshearsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
- Patterson v. Arkansas Department of HealthSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
- Mid-State Construction Co. v. Second Injury FundSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
- City of Fayetteville v. GuessCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1984
- Oller v. Champion Parts Rebuilders, Inc.Court of Appeals of Arkansas · 1982
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