Elk Corporation of Arkansas v. Builders Transport, Inc.

HENRY WOODS, District Judge.

Elk Corporation of Arkansas has appealed from a judgment of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Builders Transport, Inc. This case involves the exclusivity provision of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Act, which immunizes the employer from the assertion of “all other rights and remedies of the employee ... or anyone otherwise entitled to recover damages from the employer.” 1 Appellant Elk Corporation of Arkansas (hereafter “Elk”) was the defendant in a third-party suit filed in the state court by Norman Jackson, an employee of appellee,…