Harkleroad v. Cotter

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case involving a claim for hernia. The referee and the full commission awarded compensation benefits and the award was affirmed on appeal to the circuit court. On appeal to this court, the employer and compensation insurance carrier rely on the following point for reversal:

"The appellee’s claim for workmen’s compensation benefits does not come within the purview of Arkansas ‘Statute 81-1313 (e).”

We conclude that the judgment of the circuit court must be reversed. To hold otherwise would, in our opinion, do more than merely approve a…