![]() Baker estimated that four FFE drivers were stopped at the West Memphis fuel stop at one time. Baker testified that FFE had other trucks on the road in Arkansas and that FFE designated a specific fuel stop, not owned by FFE, in West Memphis, Arkansas. During her employment with FFE, Baker drove through Arkansas approximately twice a week from March until June. According to Baker, FFE had approximately five hundred drivers traveling across the United States and Canada. We find no merit in appellant's arguments, and we affirm.įFE hired Baker in Atlanta, Georgia, in March of 1995, to work as an over-the-road truck driver throughout the forty-eight contiguous states and Canada. Baker also contends that the Commission erred in finding that FFE rebutted the statutory presumption of jurisdiction. Baker filed her claim against FFE seeking benefits as a result of a June 24, 1995, injury that occurred at a truck stop in Earle, Arkansas. Eric Newkirk, West Memphis, for appellee.Īppellant, Maudie Baker, an Alabama resident, challenges the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission's determination that it lacked jurisdiction to hear her claim against the appellee, Frozen Food Express Transport (“FFE”), a Texas Company.
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