Court Says Widow Can't Bring Tort Suit

The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that a widow could not proceed with a tort claim based on a worker’s death and was limited to a recovery under the workers’ compensation law. Case: Jackson v. Smiley Sawmill LLC, No. CV-20-218, 11/10/2021, published. Facts: In May 2014, Don Randall Jackson moved from Florida to Arkansas. Jackson contacted his friend Timothy Smiley about working as a truck driver because he had a commercial driver's license. Smiley was a high-school dropout who followed his father’s footsteps into the logging business. He started Smiley Sawmill in 199...