CORNISH WELDING SHOP v. GALBRAITH

No. CA 82-145.

639 S.W.2d 68 (1982)

6 Ark.App. 115

CORNISH WELDING SHOP and Traders Insurance Company, Appellants, v. George GALBRAITH, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied October 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown, Compton & Prewett, Ltd. by Floyd M. Thomas, Jr., El Dorado, for appellants.

Denver L. Thornton, El Dorado, for appellee.


CLONINGER, Judge.

On this appeal from a decision of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission, the only issue is whether the claim is barred by the statute of limitations.

Claimant-appellee, George Galbraith, was injured on August 1, 1971 when a piece of steel lodged in his eye while he was welding a bumper on a vehicle. The injury caused a 40% loss of vision in appellant's left eye, and that disability was paid for in a lump sum on May 1, 1972.

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