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LOAR v. COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.

No. CV-13-1128.

2014 Ark.App. 240

JAMES ELLIOTT LOAR, JR. (DECEASED), APPELLANT, v. COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO. ET AL, APPELLEES.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division II.

Opinion Delivered April 23, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moore, Giles & Matteson, LLP, by: Greg Giles, for appellant.

Barber, McCaskill, Jones & Hale, P.A., by: Frank Baucum Newell, for appellees.

JOHN MAUZY PITTMAN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission denying death benefits to the surviving beneficiaries of the decedent, Mr. James Loar, Jr. Loar overdosed on methadone in 2009 while being treated for withdrawal from opiates prescribed for pain resulting from his 2005 compensable injury. The Commission denied benefits, finding that decedent was prone to drug addiction; that he intentionally overdosed without...

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