Legal Opinion
Lawhon Farm Services v. Brown
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided December 3, 1998No. 97-1564PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
David Newbern, Justice.
James R. Brown died from an injury suffered while in the employ of Lawhon Farm Services. Pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-527 (Repl. 1996), an Administrative Law Judge awarded workers’-compensation death benefits to his three children. The Workers’ Compensation Commission affirmed the award as did the Arkansas Court of Appeals. Lawhon Farm Services and its insurer, AG-COMP SIF Self-Insured Fund, to which we shall refer collectively as “Lawhon,” appeal. Lawhon contends that strict construction of the workers’ compensation statutes, as required by Act 796 of 1993,…
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