Court Tells Parties to Seek Determination from Workers’ Compensation Commission on Timeliness of Asbestos Claims

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. –– The Arkansas Supreme Court has granted a petition for writ of prohibition, finding that the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission has to make a determination on the timeliness of the asbestos and coal tar pitch claims before the case can proceed to a circuit court.

In the June 27 opinion, the high court noted that the Commission had previously entered a judgment on asbestos-related claims but subsequent claims filed in circuit court did not allege asbestos exposure.

As such, the high court found that since the Commission had yet to rule on the newer claims, the circuit …