Estate of Worker Without Comp Remedy Can't Sue Employer in Tort

A divided Arkansas Supreme Court last week ruled that the estate of a worker who died from an asbestos-related illness could not bring a civil suit against the worker's former employer, even though the worker couldn't get a remedy through the comp system. The Arkansas Workers' Compensation Act provides a three-year filing window for asbestos disease claims, and that period had long expired before Guy Hendrix even knew he was sick. While the Arkansas Supreme Court has allowed workers to file civil actions against their employers if they had no remedy available through comp, a narr...