WATKINS v. USA TRUCKING, INC.

No. CV-12-1070.

429 S.W.3d 308 (2013)

2013 Ark. App. 444

Joe WATKINS, Appellant v. USA TRUCKING, INC., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

August 28, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The McNeely Law Firm, PLLC, by: Steven R. McNeely , for appellant.

Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon & Galchus, P.C., by: R. Scott Zuerker , Fort Smith, for appellee.


RITA W. GRUBER, Judge.

Joe Watkins appeals the denial of his workers' compensation claim that, while working as a long-haul truck driver and unloading tires from a tractor trailer, he suffered a compensable injury to his back and was entitled to medical and total-temporary disability benefits related to the injury. USA Trucking, Inc., controverted the claim in its entirety, contending that Watkins was not a USA employee. The Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission...

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