George W. Jackson Mental Health Center v. Lambie

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

In this worker’s compensation case the appellee’s husband, an employee of appellant, committed suicide on January 11, 1992. The administrative law judge held that the death was not compensable because of Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-401 (a)(2) (1987), which provides:

However, there shall be no liability for compensation under this chapter where the injury or death from injury was substantially occasioned by intoxication of the injured employee or by willful intention of the injured employee to bring about the injury or death of himself or another.

The Commission reversed the law…