Employers Liability Assurance Corp. v. Employers Mutual Liability Insurance

Paul Ward, Associate Justice.

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case which calls for an interpretation of Arkansas Statutes § 81-1314(a) (6), in order to determine which of the two insurance carriers (either appellant or appellee) is legally bound to pay the claimant if and when it is later determined that he has a permanent partial disability caused by an occupational disease. There is very little, if any, dispute over the essential facts.

Monte D. Cotner was employed by the Eastern Metal Products Company (hereafter sometimes referred to as “Eastern”) on July 9, 1956 and worked for the same…