Lexicon Holding Co. v. Howard

|, Patrick Howard filed a compensation claim against Lexicon Company, alleging that he sustained a compensable injury to his right foot and ankle when he fell down some slick stairs at work. Lexicon initially paid for some of Howard’s medical treatment, but it later controverted his claim entirely. In May 2014, an administrative law judge found that Howard proved that his right ankle injury was compensable and that he was entitled to temporary total-disability benefits. The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission reversed the ALJ’s temporary total-disability award but upheld the ALJ’s…