Hart's Exxon Service Station v. Prater

Marian F. Penix, Judge.

The claimant, Joe Prater, suffered a compensable injury August 21, 1977 while an employee of Hart’s Exxon. At the time of the accident claimant had a second job with the Marianna School District. Hart’s Exxon turned in a claim to the Farm Bureau Insurance office in Marianna which mailed a claim notice to Farm Bureau in Little Rock on August 23. On August 29, Claimant employed an attorney to represent him. Farm Bureau mistakenly processed the claim as an accident covered by a general liability policy. On September 7, 1977 the local Farm Bureau’s agent discovered the…