DEATH AND PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY TRUST FUND v. TYSON FOODS, INC.

No. 90-315.

801 S.W.2d 653 (1991)

304 Ark. 359

DEATH AND PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY TRUST FUND, Appellant, v. TYSON FOODS, INC., Self-Insured Employer, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Pake, Little Rock, for appellant.

Angela Doss, W.W. Bassett, Jr., Fayetteville, for appellee.


HOLT, Chief Justice.

This case involves the interpretation of Ark.Stat.Ann. § 81-1310(c)(2) (Repl.1976) and the issue of whether a widow's lump sum payment upon remarriage may be applied as a weekly death payment in calculating an employer's maximum liability under this statute.

On August 27, 1979, two employees of the appellee, Tyson Foods, Inc., Self-Insured Employer (Tyson), were killed in a motor vehicle accident during the course and scope of their...

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