Benefield Real Estate v. Mitchell

James H. Pilkinton, Judge.

This is a workers’ compensation case. The principal issue is whether claimant, Roger Mitchell, was an employee of Roger Mitchell and Son Contractors, Inc., within the meaning of Section 6 of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Act [Ark. Stat. Ann. § 81-1306 (Repl. 1976) ] and therefore entitled to benefits against the general contractor, Benefield Real Estate Company and its workers’ compensation insurer, Southern Farm Bureau Casualty, Inc.

Claimant contended before the Workers’ Compensation Commission that he sustained a compensable injury on May 18, 1978, and was…