Kuhn v. Majestic Hotel

Donald L. Corbin, Justice.

Petitioner, Ronald Kuhn, appealed a decision of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission to the Arkansas Court of Appeals, which affirmed the Commission’s decision by a tie vote. Kuhn v. Majestic Hotel, 50 Ark. App. 23, 899 S.W.2d 845 (1995). We granted this petition for review of the decision of the court of appeals pursuant to Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 1 — 2(f). We reverse and remand.

Petitioner contends that he sustained a compensable low-back injury when he slipped and fell on the job at the Majestic Hotel in Hot Springs on March 20, 1992, which resulted in back…