Legal Opinion

Kivett v. Redmond Company

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 19, 1962No. 5-2657PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGeorge Rose Smith, J.

This is a disability claim under the workmen’s compensation law. On March 26, 1956, the appellant, while working at the appellee’s plant at Jacksonville, lost her footing and sat down hard on the concrete floor. The fall undoubtedly caused an injury to the claimant’s coccyx, for which she has been compensated. More than two and a half years after the accident she filed the present claim, on the theory that the fall also resulted in a disabling injury to her lower back. The commission denied the claim, finding that Mrs. Kivett’s back weakness was not attributable to her fall. "We have…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pearson v. Faulkner Radio Service Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1952

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Hall v. Pittman Constr. Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1962
  2. Tyson Foods, Inc. v. DisheroonCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1988
  3. Warwick Electronics, Inc. v. DevazierSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973
  4. St. Michael Hospital v. WrightSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1971
  5. Townsend Paneling, Inc. v. ButlerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1969

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