Roc-Arc Water Co. v. Moore

Lawson Cloninger, Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission which awarded disability benefits to appellee, George E. Moore. Appellee allegedly sustained an on-the-job injury on August 24, 1981, while employed by appellant, Roc-Arc Water Company.

The evidence shows that appellee collapsed and fell, striking his head on a concrete floor, while in the process of loading five-gallon mineral water bottles onto a delivery truck. The trauma from the blow to his head caused a brain injury requiring surgery, and resulted in disability.

The Commission found…