Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. v. Coker

Larry D. Vaught, Judge.

The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission found that appellee Lonnie Coker sustained a compensable injury while in the course and scope of his employment as a milk hauler for Bud Duncan Trucking and that Duncan Trucking was a subcontractor of appellant Dairy Farmers of America (DFA). After determining that Duncan Trucking was an uninsured employer, the Commission held that DFA was Hable for Coker’s benefits pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § ll-9-402(a) (Repl. 2002). We affirm.

At the hearing, Coker testified that on September 17, 2003, before he left his home, he was…