Legal Opinion
Dockery v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided January 19, 1959No. 5-1708PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.
The question1 to be decided is, whether compensation benefits should be paid to an employee receiving a compensable injury but whose earning capacity is not diminished by the injury. Following the opinion of this Court in Dockery v. Thomas, 226 Ark. 946, 295 S. W. 2d 319, the Arkansas Workmen’s Compensation Commission awarded benefits to William Earl Thomas.
The temporary total disability was found by the Commission to be from May 4, 1954, through June 29, 1955, and the permanent partial disability was found to be 30% to the body as a whole. Under the award,…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lion Oil Co. v. ReevesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1952
- Sallee Bros. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1945
- Conatser v. D. W. Hoskins Truck ServiceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1946
- Dockery v. ThomasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1956
3Cited by4 opinions
- Wilson & Co. v. ChristmanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1968
- Ouachita Marine & Industrial Corp. v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1969
- Jones Truck Lines, Inc. v. LetschSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1969
- Death & Permanent Total Disability Fund v. Tyson Foods, Inc.Court of Appeals of Arkansas · 1990