Hilligas v. Potashnick Construction Co.

In this case the appellant has filed a notice of appeal from the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission, but the record on appeal was tendered to the clerk of this court nine days too late. Appellant has now filed a motion for a rule on the clerk to require the record to be filed, and the attorney for appellant has admitted that the failure to file the record on time was the attorney’s fault.

This is not a reason that will allow the record in a civil case to be filed out-of-time. This reason is allowed in criminal cases because “to do otherwise would be a denial of a constitutional right;…