Southern Hospitalities v. Britain

Is a low-back strain that a worker suffers while performing her job and which her employer acknowledges as having occurred within the scope of and arising out of her employment a “compen-sable injury” within the meaning of the changes to the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Law enacted as Act 796 of 1993? This is the question presented by this case of first impression under the 1993 changes. Although one might first think that this question is easily answered given the history of workers’ compensation in Arkansas, this case shows that the definition of “compensable injury” under the new act may…