Estate of Bogar v. Welspun Pipes, Inc.

JOHN MAUZY PITTMAN, Judge.

| Appellant appeals from the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission’s decision that appellant’s decedent, Frederick Bogar, was jointly employed by Welspun Pipes, Inc., and Prime Industrial Recruiters (a/k/a Elite Services) at the time of his injury and death, thus entitling Welspun to protection from a tort suit for wrongful death. Also injured in this accident was Mr. Bogar’s co-worker, William Durham. Mr. Durham’s appeal, involving issues that are essentially identical to those presented herein, was disposed of in a companion case, Durham v. Prime Industrial…