Jim Walter Homes v. Beard

120 S.W.3d 160 (2003)

JIM WALTER HOMES; Travelers Insurance

v.

Johnny BEARD.

No. CA 02-903.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Divisions I, IV.

June 25, 2003.

Anderson, Murphy & Hopkins, L.L.P. by Scott Provencher, Little Rock, for appellants.

One brief only.

KAREN R. BAKER, Judge.

Appellee was employed by appellant Jim Walter Homes from 1980 until he sustained a compensable injury to his back on October 3, 1983. He was injured while moving particle board that was over his head; he reached, bent back too far, and experienced stabbing pain in his back and down his left leg.

Three hearings were conducted on…