Court Upholds Award to Correctional Officer Despite Delay in Reporting Injury

The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a correctional officer for a knee injury that he did not formally report until four days after it occurred. Case: Arkansas Department of Correction v. Clary, No. CV-17-551, 01/31/2018, published. Facts: Franklin Clary worked for the Arkansas Department of Correction as a correctional officer. While he was escorting a prisoner to the showers on Nov. 21, 2015, he allegedly felt a pop in his left knee. Clary had been walking with his supervisor, Sgt. Kevin Nunnery. According to Clary, both he and Nunnery stopped, and Clary&...