Divided Arkansas High Court: Workers’ Comp Exclusivity Bars Asbestos Tort Action

(December 22, 2016, 12:01 PM EST) -- LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Because the state’s workers’ compensation system contemplates coverage for mesothelioma, the law’s exclusivity provision bars a tort action against an employer, even where the disease arose outside the period for filing a claim, the Arkansas Supreme Court held Dec. 15 in a 4-3 opinion (Brenda Hendrix, et al. v. Alcoa Inc., No. CV-15-558, Ark. Sup.)....

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