Arkansas Employee Leasing Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Arkansas or Court of Appeals of Arkansas where the terms employee leasing has been mentioned. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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WILSON v. FULLERTON - 3/5/1998
Appellant David Wilson is a used car dealer who purchased three used trucks from appellees Bradley Motor Company, Inc., and its president, Arthur Fullerton. At the time of purchase, First State Bank of Warren held title to two of the...
NELSON v. TIMBERLINE INT'L - 3/5/1998
Timberline International, Inc., and Crum & Forster Commercial Insurance, its workers' compensation carrier, appeal the decision of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission holding that the Second Injury Trust Fund is not...
HUMPHREY v. FAULKNER NURSING CTR. - 3/4/1998
This is an appeal from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission. Terry Humphrey, the appellant, was employed by Faulkner Nursing Center, appellee/cross-appellant, on December 18, 1992, when she attempted to lift a patient...
AMERICAN GREETINGS CORP. v. GAREY - 2/25/1998
The appellee, who was born without any fingers on her right hand, filed a workers' compensation claim on December 6, 1993, alleging that she developed numbness and pain in her left hand while working for the appellant employer. The...
HIGH CAPACITY PRODS. v. MOORE - 2/25/1998
Appellant High Capacity Products appeals the Workers' Compensation Commission's award of benefits to appellee Gwendel Moore for a rapid repetitive injury she received while working for appellant's electrical meter-box manufacturing...
JONESBORO HUMAN DEV. CTR. v. TAYLOR - 2/25/1998
The Workers' Compensation Commission (Commission) ordered appellant Jonesboro Human Development Center (Center) to pay one-half the attorney's fees awarded to appellee Mary Jo Taylor, for controverting her change-of-physician request....
MCQUAY v. GUNTHARP - 2/19/1998
Appellants Cathy and Sam McQuay, Sue Beebe, Sharion Cantrell, Rachel Keech, Charman and Dennis Rowe, and Randy Thatch, appeal the judgment of the Randolph County Circuit Court dismissing with prejudice their claim against Appellees Dr....
ERC CONTRACTOR YARD & SALES v. ROBERTSON - 2/18/1998
Lonnie Robertson was employed by appellant as a laborer. On September 18, 1995, appellee was injured when he fell approximately ten to fifteen feet from scaffolding while at work. Appellee was taken to the hospital where he was...
SECOND INJURY FUND v. FURMAN - 2/11/1998
Appellee Ronnie Furman sustained a work-related injury to his back while working for Rymer Foods in July 1992. As a result of this injury, Mr. Furman underwent surgery and Rymer paid benefits in accordance with a 10% anatomical...
GTE ARKANSAS - 2/11/1998
This appeal is brought by GTE Arkansas, Inc., and eighteen other local exchange carriers from Order No. 15 that was entered by the Arkansas Public Service Commission in Docket No. 95-034-TF. In Order No. 15, the Commission revoked a...
SULLIVAN v. PARIS RETIREMENT INN - 2/11/1998
Helen Sullivan appeals from the portion of the order of the Workers' Compensation Commission that denied the compensability of her claim for permanent partial disability benefits. For reversal of the Commission's order, appellant
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HALTER v. HALTER - 1/28/1998
In this appeal, appellant contests two adverse rulings with respect to claims concerning child support. She first contends that the chancellor abused his discretion in failing to award a percentage of an inheritance that appellee...
RUDICK v. UNIFIRST CORP. - 1/28/1998
This appeal arises from the Workers' Compensation Commission's denial of benefits to the appellant, Brenda Ann Rudick. The Commission affirmed and adopted the administrative law judge's opinion; the ALJ found that a rocking motion made...
LITTLE ROCK CONVENTION & VISITORS BUR. v. PACK - 12/22/1997
The Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau (employer) appeals from a Workers' Compensation Commission decision finding that the appellee, David Pack, suffered a compensable unexplained fall. Pack, who suffered brain damage as a...
LAWHON FARM SERVS. v. BROWN - 12/22/1997
This is an appeal from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission that awarded dependency benefits. Appellant contends the Commission erroneously interpreted Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-527 (Repl. 1996), and there is no substantial...
STEWARD v. MCDONALD - 12/18/1997
The issue in this case is whether a landlord owes a duty of care to his tenant's employees. Appellants William T. Steward and Jeannine G. Steward ("Landlords") leased a building to appellee Professional Services Industries, Inc. (PSI)....
ANDERSON v. DIRECTOR - 12/17/1997
This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Review in which it disallowed unemployment compensation benefits based on a finding that the appellant, Michael Anderson, voluntarily quit his job without good cause connected with the...
RUMMEL v. DIRECTOR - 12/17/1997
Don E. Rummel and seven others were employed by Arkansas Power and Light Company (AP&L; at its White Bluff facility. The employment of all eight workers was terminated by AP&L;as part of a general reduction in its work force....
QUINN v. WEBB WHEEL PRODS. - 12/17/1997
This is the second appeal to this court of this workers' compensation matter. In Quinn v. Webb Wheel, 52 Ark. App. 208, 915 S.W.2d 740 (1996), we remanded for the Commission's consideration, the appellant's challenge to the...
AMLEASE - 12/17/1997
Amlease, Inc., appeals a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission awarding the appellee, Ronald Kuligowski, benefits for treatment of his post-traumatic stress disorder.
On August 3, 1995, the claimant, a truck driver,...
WILSON v. REBSAMEN INS. - 12/4/1997
This is a tort case in which the appellant, O'Neal Wilson, sued the appellees, Rebsamen Insurance, d/b/a Insurisk Insurance Services, and Jim Moorhead, for injuries he sustained while working for his employer. The trial court granted...
FERREN v. DIRECTOR - 12/3/1997
The Board of Review affirmed the denial of unemployment insurance benefits to the appellant, Kenneth Ferren, on the basis that he left his last work voluntarily and without good cause connected with the work. The Board also affirmed a...
CHAMBER DOOR INDUS. - 12/3/1997
Larry Graham, a twenty-five-year employee of Chamber Door Industries, Inc., sustained a compensable cervical injury in November 1993. He was seen by orthopedic surgeon Robert Kleinhenz, who recommended a pain clinic or a rehabilitation...
CITY OF FOUKE v. BUTTRUM - 12/3/1997
This is an appeal from the Workers' Compensation Commission's decision finding that Act 796 of 1993 did not apply to this case and that appellee proved by a preponderance of the credible evidence that she sustained a compensable injury...
PEETE v. STATE - 11/19/1997
Lonezo and Cynthia Peete, husband and wife, were found guilty by a jury of workers' compensation fraud, a violation of Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-106(a)(1) (Repl.
1996) and a class D felony, for which they both received sentences of...
DAVIS v. DILLMEIER ENTERPRISES - 11/13/1997
Appellant Cynthia Davis appeals the judgment of the Sebastian County Circuit Court dismissing with prejudice her complaint against Appellee Dillmeier Enterprises, Inc., for discrimination in violation of the Arkansas Civil Rights Act...
BOOTHE v. DIRECTOR - 11/12/1997
Appellant James E. Boothe appeals a decision of the Board of Review denying him unemployment compensation benefits in accordance with Ark. Code Ann. § 11-10-513 (Repl. 1996) upon a finding that appellant left his employment without...
AEROQUIP - 11/12/1997
This is a workers' compensation case. Appellee, Roy "Junior" Tilley, was employed by appellant, Aeroquip, Inc., and performed manual labor. The Commission found that appellee sustained a compensable injury on July 30, 1994, while...
STEPHENS TRUCK LINES v. MILLICAN - 9/17/1997
The appellee was employed by the appellant trucking company on July 26, 1994. He filed a claim for benefits alleging that he injured his back and neck on that date when he fell while pulling a tarp over the load. The administrative law...
MIN-ARK PALLET CO. v. LINDSEY - 9/17/1997
This is a workers' compensation case. Appellant, Min-Ark Pallet Company, Inc., is the employer. Appellee, Michael Lindsey, is the claimant. Appellee's job involved lifting heavy wooden pallets. He sustained a hernia for which he filed...
GEORGIA-PAC. CORP. v. DICKENS - 9/10/1997
Georgia-Pacific Corporation appeals a ruling by the Workers' Compensation Commission that the appellee Laurin P. Dickens was entitled to compensation for routine medical care provided to her in 1993, 1994, and 1995, for a compensable...
WENTWORTH v. SPARKS REG'L MED. CTR. - 8/27/1997
The claimant in this workers' compensation case appeals from the Commission's order, which found that the respondent was entitled to a credit based upon a settlement entered into between the claimant and a third-party tortfeasor....
J.T. v. ARKANSAS DEP'T OF HUMAN SERVS. - 6/30/1997
Appellant J.T. appeals the judgment of the Pulaski County Chancery Court terminating her parental rights to T.T., who is now thirteen years of age, pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-341 (Supp. 1995), and authorizing Appellee Arkansas...
LAY v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE - 6/4/1997
This is a workers' compensation case. The appellant, Michael G. Lay, worked as a delivery driver for the appellee, United Parcel Service ("UPS"). Lay claimed that he sustained right tennis elbow as a result of repeated lifting of...
ROBERSON v. WASTE MANAGEMENT - 6/4/1997
Connie Roberson worked as a truck driver for Waste Management. She suffered a compensable injury to her right knee on April 13, 1994, when she lost her footing while opening the truck door and grabbing a chain to keep from falling into...
ANGLE v. ALEXANDER - 6/2/1997
Appellants represent (1) Concordia Care Center employees and (2) their family members who claim they were exposed to asbestos resulting from a 22,000 square-foot floor renovation project at the Center's facility at Bella Vista. The...
LANGLEY v. DANCO CONSTR. CO. - 5/21/1997
Appellant was employed as a laborer by Danco Construction Company on July 13, 1993, when he sustained injuries after being thrown approximately fifteen feet from a loader. Appellant was hospitalized for a week and received medical...
FISHER v. POOLE TRUCK LINE - 5/14/1997
The appellant, Charles Fisher, was employed as a truck driver by the appellee, Poole Truck Line (Poole). Fisher was denied workers' compensation benefits when the Commission found that he was not performing "employment services" when...
JOHNSON v. DEMOCRAT PRINTING & LITHOGRAPH - 5/14/1997
This is an appeal from a decision of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission finding that the appellant, Tommy Johnson, failed to prove that he suffered a compensable injury from exposure to toxic chemicals during his employment...
OLSTEN KIMBERLY QUALITY CARE v. PETTEY - 5/5/1997
Appellant Olsten Kimberly Quality Care appeals the decision of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission holding that Appellant is liable for benefits to its employee, Appellee Cheri Pettey, for injuries she sustained in an...
HIGHTOWER v. NEWARK PUB. SCH. SYS. - 4/30/1997
Appellant, Leah Hightower, appeals a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission that held that, under the provisions of Act 796 of 1993, codified as Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-102 (Repl. 1996), appellant was not entitled to...
JORDAN v. J.C. PENNEY CO. - 4/30/1997
Appellant Mary Jordan appeals from the decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission, which adopted the decision of the Administrative Law Judge, denying her claim for benefits. We reverse.
Appellant is a sixty-one-year-old...
CITY OF BLYTHEVILLE v. MCCORMICK - 3/12/1997
The appellee in this workers' compensation case was employed as a firefighter by the appellant on October 26, 1993, when he suffered a heart attack after ventilating
smoke from a burning building. The appellee filed a workers'...
MIKEL v. ENGINEERED SPECIALTY PLASTICS - 3/5/1997
Marsha Mikel appeals from a decision by the Workers' Compensation Commission, which found that she did not suffer a compensable injury on January 29, 1994, while working for appellee, Engineered Specialty Plastics, as a machine...
OLSTEN KIMBERLY QUALITY CARE v. PETTEY - 12/23/1996
The appellee in this workers' compensation case was employed by the appellant as a nurse's assistant. Her duties required her to care for patients in their homes. She was compensated according to the time she actually spent in each...
TEAGUE v. C & J CHEMICAL CO. - 12/23/1996
Lynn Nelson Teague appeals from an order of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission denying him additional benefits, except spousal nursing care. Appellant contends that the Commission's decision is not supported by substantial...
WEAVER v. WHITAKER FURNITURE CO. - 12/23/1996
Louis Albert Weaver III was working for Whitaker Furniture Company, Inc., on October 28, 1993, when he stepped down from a forklift and fell. He continued to work until his supervisor asked about his arm about four hours later. That...
DUKE v. REGIS HAIRSTYLISTS - 12/23/1996
The appellant, Cynthia Duke, filed a claim for benefits alleging that she developed carpal tunnel syndrome early in 1994 as a result of her job with the appellee, Regis Hairstylists. On de novo review, the Commission denied and...
CHRISTIAN v. ARKANSAS CRANE & CRAWLER - 12/18/1996
John Christian appeals from an order of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission finding that he was not an employee covered under Arkansas Workers' Compensation Law at the time of his injury, thereby precluding an award of...
FEDERAL COMPRESS & WHSE. v. RISPER - 12/18/1996
Appellant Federal Compress & Warehouse Company appeals from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission which held that appellee Johnny Risper was entitled to a ten percent permanent impairment rating to his right eye and...
TORREY v. CITY OF FORT SMITH - 12/11/1996
Edward Torrey appeals from an order of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission denying his entitlement to additional workers' compensation benefits pursuant to Ark. Code Ann § 11-9-505 (a)(1) (1996) and his request for a change...
BAYSINGER v. AIR SYSTEMS - 12/4/1996
Appellant worked as a welder for Air Systems, Inc., which manufactures custom-made, stainless-steel equipment for commercial restaurants. He was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome shortly before he quit working there on October
...
DUGAN v. JERRY SWEETSER - 9/11/1996
Waymond Dugan ("Dugan" or "appellant") suffered an electrical shock on September 7, 1993, while working for his employer, Jerry Sweetster, Inc. ("Sweetster" or "the employer"). Dugan was draining water from a hole with an electric pump...
SOUTHERN STEEL & WIRE v. KAHLER - 8/21/1996
Appellant Southern Steel & Wire appeals from a portion of the decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission which held that the appellee Debra Kahler was entitled to wage-loss disability. Appellant contends on appeal that the...
BROWN v. DIRECTOR - 6/26/1996
Doyne Brown appeals from a decision of the Arkansas Board of Review which denied his claim for unemployment benefits.
Appellant filed a claim for unemployment benefits on August 8, 1994. On August 30, 1994, appellant completed an...
ATKINS NURSING HOME v. GRAY - 6/19/1996
This is an appeal from the Workers' Compensation Commission's order affirming and adopting the administrative law judge's decision. The ALJ found that on August 20, 1993, appellant sustained a recurrence of her low-back condition, that...
CARROLL GENERAL HOSPITAL v. GREEN - 6/19/1996
Carroll General Hospital appeals from a decision of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission which found that the compensation benefits payable to appellee as a result of a hernia operation were not limited to twenty-six weeks as...
CROSS v. CRAWFORD COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSP. - 6/19/1996
This is an appeal from the Workers' Compensation Commission's order affirming and adopting the administrative law judge's decision denying appellant's claim for wage-loss disability benefits. On appeal, appellant argues that there is...
SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU CAS. INS. CO. v. PETTIE - 6/12/1996
This opinion is substituted for one issued on June 12, 1996, which has been withdrawn. The case is an appeal from a judgment against the appellant holding it liable under the underinsured motorist coverage (UIM) provisions of an...
PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP. v. CALDARERA - 6/12/1996
On June 23, 1992, JoAnn Caldarera suffered a knee injury in the poultry processing plant where she worked. She received initial medical treatment through the company physician, but eventually surgery was required. The employer,...
LYTLE v. ARKANSAS TRUCKING SERVS. - 6/11/1996
Sid Lytle has appealed a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission which held that he was not acting within the course of his employment when his automobile accident occurred and therefore his claim is not compensable.
The...
GREEN v. SMITH & SCOTT LOGGING - 6/5/1996
The appellant in this workers' compensation case sustained a scheduled injury resulting in 10% impairment to his left arm. He filed a workers' compensation claim seeking benefits for permanent total disability. In addition, he argued...
DARLING STORE FIXTURES v. MCDONALD - 6/5/1996
The appellee, Rayburn McDonald, was awarded compensation for a work-related hernia by the administrative law judge, and the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission affirmed and adopted the law judge's decision. Appellant has...
KIMBLE v. PULASKI CO. SPECIAL SCH. DIST. - 5/15/1996
Robert Kimble has appealed from a summary judgment entered for appellee, Pulaski County Special School District, in his wrongful discharge action. On appeal, appellant argues that his employment was not terminable at will. We disagree...
SECOND INJURY FUND v. JAMES RIVER CORP. - 5/8/1996
The Second Injury Fund has appealed a decision of the Worker's Compensation Commission which held it liable for all of appellee-claimant's benefits above a nine percent impairment rating to the body as a whole. Appellant argues that...
WAL-MART STORES - 5/8/1996
This is an appeal from an order of the Pulaski County Circuit Court which held that the appellant, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., is "collaterally estopped from recovering any sums under the `tail coverage' from the Arkansas Property and...
SMITH v. QUALITY FORD - 4/29/1996
On June 15, 1987, Quality Ford hired Dorothy Smith as an officer manager, and this litigation ultimately ensued as a result of the company's discharge of Smith in October 1991. During her more than four years of employment, Smith's...
RAMIREZ v. HUDSON FOODS - 3/27/1996
The appellant, Geraldo Ramirez, appeals from a decision of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission which denied his claim for benefits after he sustained an injury as a result of an encounter with a co-employee.
The...
JAMES RIVER CORPORATION v. WALTERS - 3/27/1996
Appellant James River Corporation appeals from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission which awarded appellee Terry Walters benefits as the result of a work-related injury. Appellant contends on appeal that the Commission...
ROHRER v. HART'S MANUFACTURING COMPANY - 3/20/1996
Sheila Rohrer, the appellant, was employed by the appellee, Hart's Manufacturing Company, Inc. In November 1990, she sustained an on-the-job injury and subsequently filed a claim with the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission. In...
ST. VINCENT INFIRMARY MED. CTR. v. BROWN - 3/20/1996
This is an appeal from an order of the Workers' Compensation Commission which affirmed and adopted the administrative law judge's decision. The law judge found that the appellee proved by a preponderance of the evidence that she...
SHELTON v. FREELAND PULPWOOD - 3/20/1996
The appellant in this workers' compensation case was injured
in the course of his employment with the appellee, Freeland Pulpwood. He filed a claim for benefits and asserted that he was totally and permanently disabled. After a...
MARINE SERVICES UNLIMITED - 3/18/1996
Marine Services Unlimited, Inc., appeals from the chancery court's award of judgments to Dennis Rakes, a shareholder and former president, for wrongful termination and to Karen Rakes, also a shareholder, for unpaid wages. The...
UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUAR. CO. v. BREWER - 3/6/1996
This is an appeal from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission finding that it had no authority to vacate its prior opinion and order a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence after the thirty-day appeal period...
HUBLEY v. BEST WESTERN-GOVERNOR'S INN - 3/6/1996
Debra Hubley has appealed from the December 14, 1994, decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission denying her claim for workers' compensation benefits for treatment of complaints with her mouth and jaw that she alleges were caused...
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