Howell v. Scroll Technologies

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

Molly Maurine Howell appeals the decision of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission denying her benefits for claimed occupational disease. Ms. Howell argues that there is no substantial basis to support the denial of benefits. We agree and reverse for the award of benefits.

Ms. Howell began working for Scroll Technologies on September 30, 1996. She was forty-seven years old at the time, had never smoked, was in generally good health, and had never been hospitalized. Ms. Howell worked ten-hour shifts four days a week, operating three machines on…