Hamilton v. Jeffrey Stone Co.

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This is a workers’ compensation case that has been appealed to the court of appeals twice. In the first appeal, appellant argued two points: (1) the statutes of limitations pertaining to silicosis, Ark. Stat. Ann. §§ 81-1314(a)(7) and -1318(a)(2) (Repl. 1976), were unconstitutional because they violated the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution; but, if constitutional, (2) the statutes should be interpreted to run from the date of discovery or the time at which the claimant knows or should reasonably be expected to know of the…