HELMS v. DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND TOURISM, 1998 AWCC 111

CLAIM NO. E507793

BELINDA GAIL HELMS, EMPLOYEE, CLAIMANT v. DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND TOURISM, EMPLOYER, RESPONDENT, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE CLAIMS DIVISION OF STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, INSURANCE CARRIER, RESPONDENT

Before the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission
OPINION MARCH 12, 1998

Upon review before the FULL COMMISSION in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.

Claimant represented by EVERETT O. MARTINDALE, Attorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Respondents represented by NATHAN CULP, Attorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas.

[1] OPINION AND ORDER
[2] This case comes on for review before the Commission on remand from the Arkansas Court of Appeals. [3] In an opinion delivered January 14, 1998, the Court reversed the Commission’s award of benefits for a permanent anatomical impairment of 4% to the body as a whole. The Court found that claimant failed to prove physical or anatomical impairment by objective and measurable physical findings. [4] In accordance with the opinion of the Arkansas Court of Appeals, we hereby find that claimant has failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that she is entitled to any benefits for permanent anatomical impairment. [5] IT IS SO ORDERED.

ELDON F. COFFMAN, Chairman PAT WEST HUMPHREY, Commissioner MIKE WILSON, Commissioner