Cagle Fabricating & Steel, Inc. v. Patterson

The majority opinion turns on the conclusion that the Workers’ Compensation Commission found that the appellee’s distress was such that the attendance of a physician was required within seventy-two hours after the occurrence. I think it clear that the Commission made no such finding, and that its decision was instead based on an erroneous interpretation of the applicable law. Arkansas Code Annotated § 11 -9-523(a) provides that:(a) In all cases of claim for hernia, it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the commission:(1) That the occurrence of the hernia immediately followed as the result…