Guerrero v. OK Foods, Inc.

Sam Bird, Judge.

Appellant Flavio Rios Guerrero appeals the trial court’s decision to grant summary judgment in favor of appellee OK Foods, Inc., after Guerrero brought a tort action against OK Foods in the Sebastian County Circuit Court. On appeal, Guerrero asks this court to expand the intentional-tort exception to the exclusive-remedy doctrine under Arkansas workers’ compensation law. We decline to do so; thus, we affirm.

On March 25, 2004, Guerrero was working at an OK Foods facility in Fort Smith, Arkansas, when his arm became entangled in a “kill line conveyor system” and was torn off.…