Cagle Fabricating and Steel, Inc. v. Patterson

James R. Cooper, Judge.

The appellee in this workers’ compensation case sustained a hernia while pulling a 60-pound part from a jig in the course of his employment with the appellant. The Workers’ Compensation Commission awarded benefits to him on a finding that he had satisfied the five factual requirements set out in Ark. Code Ann. § ll-9-523(a) (1987), thereby establishing that he had sustained a work-related hernia. The employer appealed that decision to this Court, and we affirmed. Cagle Fabricating and Steel, Inc. v. Patterson, 36 Ark. App. 49, 819 S.W.2d 14 (1991). The Arkansas Supreme…