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MYERS v. YAMATO KOGYO COMPANY, LTD.

No. CV-18-607.

597 S.W.3d 613 (2020)

2020 Ark. 135

Mary Katherine MYERS, Widow of [Michael Earl Myers] and Administratrix of the Estate of Michael Earl Myers, Deceased, Appellant v. YAMATO KOGYO COMPANY, LTD.; Sumitomo Corporation; Arkansas Steel Associates; Sumitomo Corporation of Americas d/b/a Sumitomo Corporation of America; SC Steel Investment, Inc.; SC Steel Investment, LLC; Yamato Kogyo (U.S.A.) Corporation; and Yamato Kogyo America, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered: April 9, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Byrd Law Firm, PLLC, by: Paul Byrd ; John Patterson, P.A., by: John Patterson ; Anchorage, Brian G. Brooks , Attorney at Law, PLLC, by: Brian G. Brooks ; Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky, P.C., by: David L. Kwass , Pro Hac Vice, and David Langsam, Pro Hac Vice, for appellant.

Wright Lindsey & Jennings LLP, Little Rock, by: John D. Davis , Scott A. Irby , Baxter D. Drennon , and Michael A. Thompson , for appellees.

Mary Myers asks us to set aside an order of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission concluding that parent companies of a direct employer are immune from tort liability under the exclusive remedy statute. She contends that the statute shields only "actual" employers having a direct employment relationship...

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