Court Upholds Compensability of Poultry Plant Worker's Heart Attack

The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Commission did not exceed the scope of its mandate in determining that a poultry plant employee was entitled to benefits for his heart attack at the age of 29. Case: Peco Foods Inc. v. Johnson, No. CV-23-133, 04/10/2024, published. Facts: Jeffrey Johnson began working for Peco Foods Inc. in 2018 when he was 29 years old. Johnson was placed in the "live hang" department at Peco, where his job duties were to grab chickens by their feet and hang them upside down. The chickens would repeatedly peck and scratch at...