Sloat Chiropractic Clinic v. Steve Evans Datsun

Donald L. Corbin, Judge.

This appeal from the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission presents the novel question of whether a chiropractor has an independent right to seek compensation for a medical bill for services to a patient who has not filed a workers’ compensation claim. The Commission found no support in the act for this proposition and reversed the ALJ’s decision. We affirm.

James Yarbrough, an employee of appellee Steve Evans Datsun, was involved in an automobile accident in September, 1983, which allegedly occurred while Yarbrough was driving for appellee. A few days later…