Seawright v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY, ETC.

Frank Holt, Justice.

This appeal is from a circuit court’s order granting appellee’s motion to dismiss appellant’s complaint because of the exclusive remedy provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Law, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 81-1304 (Repl. 1976) and for failure to state a cause of action. Appellant insists the court erred in holding the Act as being the exclusive remedy for the asserted fraudulent conduct of the insurer inasmuch as the employer-insured was also the husband of the claimant. Therefore, the court erred in dismissing his complaint as not stating a cause of action.

The appellant, the…