Arkansas Personal Injury Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Arkansas or Court of Appeals of Arkansas where the terms personal injury or related terms have been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily personal injury and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions personal injury related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Van Meter v. Whirlpool Corp. - 12/13/2000
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AFFIRMED
Carolyn Van Meter appeals a decision of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission finding that she failed to prove that she sustained a compensable lower-back injury. On appeal,...
BRESLAU v. MCALISTER - 12/13/2000
This is a medical malpractice case. Appellants are the parents of the deceased child, Kaitlyn. They brought this action against appellees, Northwest Arkansas Clinic for Women and its employee, Dr. Mitchell McAlister, alleging that...
Beulah v. State - 12/13/2000
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AFFIRMED
This is a criminal case in which the appellant, Lonnie Beulah, has filed an interlocutory appeal from the trial court's refusal to transfer the case to juvenile court. Appellant was...
Rimcor - 12/6/2000
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AFFIRMED
Appellee, Albert Broach, suffered an admittedly compensable injury on April 24, 1997, when a scaffolding collapsed, and he fell approximately twenty-five feet to the ground, almost...
Burns v. Pierce - 12/6/2000
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AFFIRMED
Appellant, Ronald Burns, appeals from a decision of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission finding that he failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that surgical...
Eagle v. State - 12/6/2000
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AFFIRMED
The appellants in this juvenile transfer case are brothers who were accused of breaking into a home and robbing the occupants while armed with a deadly weapon. The trial court made...
Columbia Health Care - 11/29/2000
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AFFIRMED
Appellee/cross-appellant Letha Anderson sustained a compensable injury to her back while working for appellant/cross-appellee Columbia Health Care on June 4, 1996. She received...
McDonald v. Malvern True Value Hardware - 11/22/2000
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AFFIRMED
Brenda McDonald appeals a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission denying her claim for a back injury and reversing an administrative law judge's finding that the injury was...
NIX v. ST. EDWARD MERCY MEDICAL CENTER - 11/16/2000
On February 20, 1998, appellant Dean Floyd Nix filed a medical-malpractice action individually and as his wife's guardian against appellees, St. Edward Mercy Medical Center, T.C. Kelly, M.D., Cooper Clinic, P.A., and John Does 1-4, for...
COX v. KLIPSCH & ASSOCIATES - 11/15/2000
Appellant Betty Cox appeals from a decision of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission finding that she failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that she was entitled to surgical treatment performed by Dr. Robert...
BOX v. STATE - 11/15/2000
The appellant, Rufus Antonio Box, was charged by information in circuit court with the offenses of residential burglary, rape, and terroristic threatening in the first degree. He was sixteen years old at the time the offenses were...
ELLISON v. THERMA TRU - 11/15/2000
In this second appeal to this court, the appellant, Sarah Ellison, contends that the Commission erred by determining that she had not proven by a preponderance of the evidence that she is permanently and totally disabled and could be...
POTTER v. STATE - 11/9/2000
The fundamental issue in this case is whether Officer Charles Edward Motsinger had reasonable suspicion of criminal activity sufficient to conduct an investigative stop and frisk consistent with the Fourth Amendment of the United...
TUCKER v. ROBERTS-MCNUTT - 11/2/2000
Appellant Kevin Tucker appeals an adverse decision of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission. This case is before us on petition for review from the Arkansas Court of Appeals; therefore, our jurisdiction is pursuant to...
Rouner v. Sparks Regional Medical Center - 11/1/2000
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AFFIRMED
This case involves a finding by the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission that the appellant, Susan Rouner, was not entitled to workers' compensation benefits. Appellant works for...
Holmes v. State - 11/1/2000
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AFFIRMED
Tarsherick Holmes appeals from an order of Crittenden County Circuit Court revoking his probation and suspended imposition of sentences and sentencing him to forty years in the...
Reed v. Arkansas Methodist Hospital - 9/27/2000
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AFFIRMED
This appeal arises from a decision of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission finding that appellant, Mary Reed, failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that she...
Norman v. Penske and Old Republic Insurance - 9/27/2000
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AFFIRMED
Larry Norman appeals from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission which found that appellant failed to prove that he sustained a compensable injury to his lower back and...
SHOWMETHEMONEY CHECK CASHERS v. WILLIAMS - 9/21/2000
Appellant Showmethemoney, Inc. ("Showme") appeals the Clark County Circuit Court's denial of its Motion to Arbitrate the claims of Appellees Wanda Williams and Sharon McGhee. Williams and McGhee filed a class-action lawsuit against...
Bolton v. Conagra - 9/20/2000
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AFFIRMED
The appellant in this workers' compensation case, a long-time employee of ConAgra, filed a claim for benefits asserting that he sustained a compensable back injury on January 29,...
HAPNEY v. RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY - 9/14/2000
Appellee Rheem Manufacturing Company petitions for rehearing of this court's June 8, 2000, decision wherein it held that the gradual onset for back injuries specified in Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-102(4)(A)(ii)(b) applies to injuries to...
Eugene Vaughn Ford Sales - 9/6/2000
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AFFIRMED
Jimmie Wilkins, appellee, worked as a mechanic for Eugene Vaughn Ford Sales Inc., appellant, in Marked Tree, Arkansas. Appellee suffered a compensable work-related back injury on...
CARTER v. MEEK - 6/28/2000
This is the second appeal taken by appellant David Carter from orders issued by the Pope County Probate Court. Mr. Carter's wife, Charlene, was involved in an automobile accident on September 1, 1997, and suffered injuries leading to...
VANT v. LONG - 6/28/2000
In the summer of 1996, Helen Vant was a passenger in a van driven by her daughter, Paymela Long, in Dallas, Texas. In heavy traffic, Ms. Long collided with the rear of the car in front of her and Mrs. Vant was injured.
Mrs. Vant...
Skinner v. Southwest Arkansas Development Council - 6/28/2000
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AFFIRMED
The appellant in this workers' compensation case suffered a prior back injury while working for a previous employer before she began working as a personal care aide for appellee in...
Newton v. State - 6/28/2000
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AFFIRMED
A jury sitting in the Jefferson County Circuit Court convicted the appellant, Jerry Newton, of manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident. Appellant was fined $20,000 and...
Estate of Hernandez v. Clark - 6/23/2000
This is an appeal from the dismissal of a survival and wrongful-death action based upon the death of Mona Hernandez in an automobile accident on October 6, 1995, in Rogers, Arkansas. In March 1997, Mona's parents, Reynaldo Hernandez...
Second Injury Fund v. Spence - 6/21/2000
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AFFIRMED
The appellee JoAnn Spence, a UPS employee with a prior back condition, sustained another back injury in 1994 in the course of her employment with UPS. She filed a claim for benefits...
Chambers v. Chambers - 6/21/2000
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AFFIRMED
David Chambers has appealed the decision by the Chancery Court of Bradley County, Arkansas, that dismissed his petition for visitation of his daughter, Alexee Chambers, upon a finding...
McCormick v. Saline Memorial Hospital - 6/21/2000
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AFFIRMED
Appellant Opal McCormick was employed with appellee Saline Memorial Hospital and was involved in incidents concerning her back on November 25, 1995, March 1, 1996, and April 30, 1997....
GIBSON APPLIANCE CO. v. NATIONWIDE INS. CO. - 6/8/2000
This appeal is taken from a jury verdict in a products liability action. The appellant asserts that it is entitled to a new trial or, in the alternative, judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We disagree and hereby affirm the trial...
HAPNEY v. RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY - 6/8/2000
Appellant Renate Hapney appeals the decision of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission denying her claim for benefits for a ruptured cervical disc from her employer, Appellee Rheem Manufacturing Company. The Commission found...
Bone v. Rheem Manufacturing Co. - 6/7/2000
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WENDELL GRIFFEN, JUDGE
APPEAL DISMISSED
Frances Bone appeals the decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission denying her Motion to Remand her case from the Commission to an...
Dowell v. Conrad - 5/31/2000
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AFFIRMED
This is a medical-malpractice case. The appellants, Danny Dowell and Betty Dowell, individually and as special administratrix of the estate of Shawn Dowell, brought this action...
Booth v. Sears Roebuck - 5/24/2000
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AFFIRMED
Jimmie Booth sustained a compensable back injury on March 25, 1996, while moving a washing machine in his employment as an appliance salesman for appellee. Appellant underwent surgery...
S & S Construction - 5/24/2000
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AFFIRMED
This is the second appeal to our court in this matter. In the first appeal, we remanded to the Workers' Compensation Commission. Appellant S & S Construction, Inc. appeals the...
Bell v. Pine Bluff Toyota - 5/24/2000
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AFFIRMED
Appellant, Henry Bell, suffered an admittedly compensable back injury in an October 18, 1996, car wreck. The only issue litigated at the June 18, 1998, hearing was appellant's...
Sain v. State - 5/24/2000
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AFFIRMED
This is an interlocutory appeal from an order of the Pulaski County Circuit Court denying appellant's, Andre Sain, motion to transfer all charges against him from circuit court to...
PRICE v. PRICE - 5/18/2000
This court accepted jurisdiction of the appeal because it presents a significant issue needing clarification or development of the law and also requires our interpretation of an act of the General Assembly. Ark.Sup.Ct.R. 1-2(b)(5), (6)...
MAXEY v. TYSON FOODS - 5/18/2000
Louise Maxey appealed a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission holding that she was not permanently and totally disabled, but that she was entitled to benefits for a 35 percent wage-loss disability. The Second Injury Fund...
Estridge v. Waste Management - 5/17/2000
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AFFIRMED
Appellant Jack Estridge appeals the denial of benefits by the Workers' Compensation Commission regarding an injury to his back that he alleged occurred while in the employ of appellee...
Fielding v. Firestone Bulding Products - 5/17/2000
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AFFIRMED
Appellant Jerry Fielding appeals from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission finding that he failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he suffered a...
JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE v. THOMPSON - 5/10/2000
This case involves an original action brought by the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission (Commission) against Judge Morris Thompson, recommending that Thompson be removed from office for having willfully violated the...
Johnson v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation - 5/10/2000
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DIRECT APPEAL IS AFFIRMED
CROSS APPEAL IS AFFIRMED
The appellant, Charles Johnson, appeals the decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission, which affirmed and adopted the...
White v. Russellville Company - 5/10/2000
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AFFIRMED
Appellant, Jerry White, appeals from the Workers' Compensation Commission decision denying his claims for reclassification of benefits for impairment to earning capacity exceeding his...
Arkansas Trucking Services - 5/10/2000
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AFFIRMED
Appellee Williams Suggs sustained a compensable injury to his back when he slipped and fell as he was getting into his truck on March 18, 1996. He underwent surgery in September 1997...
TIRADO v. O'HARA - 5/3/2000
This is an appeal from an order granting appellees' motion for a new trial in a medical malpractice case. Appellant Dr. Emilio Tirado surgically repaired appellee John O'Hara's hernia in March 1993. During the surgery, appellant placed...
Boudreaux v. GLI Holding Company - 5/3/2000
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REVERSED IN PART; AFFIRMED IN PART
Appellant, Wilson Boudreaux, appeals from the decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission which held that he failed to prove by a preponderance of the...
Kassees v. Wilson - 5/3/2000
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APPEAL DISMISSED
Appellant, Atallah Kassees, Sr., is the father of Ganem Kassees, whose death at the age of twenty resulted from a gunshot wound to the head. The medical examiner ruled that...
Henderson v. Housing Authority of the City of North Little Rock - 5/3/2000
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EN BANC
DISMISSED
Boatmen's Trust Company of Arkansas, Guardian of the Estate of James Henderson, a minor, and Yolanda Henderson appeal from a summary judgment granted by the Pulaski...
PATTERSON v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT HEALTH - 5/3/2000
This case involves an appeal and a cross-appeal from a decision in which the Workers' Compensation Commission held that the preponderance of the evidence shows that appellant is not permanently and totally disabled and that Second...
Farmer v. Adkins Painting Co. - 3/22/2000
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AFFIRMED
Forrest Farmer appeals a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission that denied him additional benefits for a compensable injury to his back sustained on April 13, 1998. His...
GEO SPECIALTY CHEMICAL v. CLINGAN - 3/22/2000
In this appeal from the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission, appellant challenges the award of additional medical benefits to appellee. We affirm.
On February 28, 1994, appellee fell from a dump truck while in appellant's...
St. Edward's Mercy Medical Center v. Stoner - 3/15/2000
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AFFIRMED
St. Edward's Mercy Medical Center and its insurer, Sisters of Mercy Health System, appeal a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission that awarded benefits to Karla Stoner,...
WINSLOW v. D & B MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS - 3/15/2000
The appellant in this workers' compensation case was employed by appellee as a plumber. Appellant's work was very strenuous, including such activities as digging trenches, carrying 200-pound loads, and jumping into trenches while...
Miller v. Leou - 3/1/2000
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AFFIRMED
This is a medical malpractice case. On February 11, 1998, Vera Miller filed a medical malpractice action against Dr. Frank Leou. On March 18, 1999, a jury returned a verdict for Dr....
SMITH v. WASHINGTON - 2/24/2000
Appellant Brenda Lee Robinson Smith brings this appeal of the Jefferson County Circuit Court's dismissal of her medical malpractice claim against appellee Dr. Erma S. Washington, for alleged medical negligence arising out of surgery...
COOPER v. HILAND DAIRY - 2/23/2000
Michael Cooper appeals a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission, which denied his claim for benefits. The Commission found that Cooper failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he sustained a compensable injury....
Jackson v. Nucor-Yamato Steel Co. - 2/23/2000
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AFFIRMED
This is a pro se workers' compensation case in which the appellant, Michael Jackson, is an inmate in the Arkansas Department of Correction. Appellee, Nucor-Yamato Steel Co., was...
TUCKER v. ROBERTS-MCNUTT - 2/16/2000
Appellant Kevin Tucker filed a workers' compensation claim against appellee Roberts-McNutt, Inc., alleging that he sustained a work-related back injury on May 23, 1997. The Workers' Compensation Commission denied benefits pursuant to...
Bussell v. Burlington Industries - 2/16/2000
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AFFIRMED
Appellant, David Bussell, appeals from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission which held that appellant failed to prove that he sustained an aggravation or new injury for...
BNL EQUITY CORPORATION v. PEARSON - 2/10/2000
This is an appeal from an order by the trial court granting class certification to the proposed class under Ark.R.Civ.P. 23. The appellants in this appeal are BNL Financial Corporation, the parent company (BNL); BNL Equity Corporation,...
Gaines v. SMI Joist Co. - 2/9/2000
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AFFIRMED
Charles Gaines appeals from the denial of workers' compensation benefits, based upon a finding by the Commission that he failed to establish that he sustained a compensable injury to...
BABB v. MATLOCK - 2/3/2000
This is a wrongful-death case in which we are asked to interpret the term "beneficiaries," as provided in Ark. Code Ann. § 16-62-102(d) (Supp. 1999). Appellants Tiny Standoak Babb, Gregory Franks, Shilena Easter, Michael Easter,...
DOUGLAS TOBACCO PRODS. CO. v. GERRALD - 12/22/1999
The parties in this workers' compensation case stipulated that appellee Betty J. Gerrald suffered a compensable back injury while working for appellant Douglas Tobacco Products on October 4, 1994. Subsequent to the injury, she was...
GILES v. SPARKMAN RES. CARE H. - 12/15/1999
On May 1, 1995, Rosie Anderson wandered away from the Sparkman Residential Care Home and was never seen alive or heard from again. On March 4, 1997, a dog brought a skull to its owner's residence that was located within a two-mile...
FORD v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INS. CO. - 12/9/1999
Appellants Ronnie D. Ford and Terry G. Ford bring this wrongful-death action individually and on behalf of their deceased father, Ernie C. Ford, against the four appellees: St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Internal...
BUFORD v. STANDARD GRAVEL COMPANY - 12/1/1999
Roger Buford appeals a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission denying his claim for additional benefits for permanent total disability. He argues that the decision of the Commission is not supported by substantial evidence....
RAGER v. TURLEY - 12/1/1999
This appeal is from the Pope County Probate Court's order authorizing a settlement of a wrongful-death action that appellee Chandra Rager Turley filed following the August 1994 death of her father, Thomas Rager, in a vehicular accident...
EISNER v. FIELDS - 9/8/1999
On May 12, 1999, this court handed down an unpublished opinion in this case in which we reversed the judge's order granting appellee Ron Fields a new trial and dismissed the appeal. The appellee has filed a petition for rehearing, and,...
NEAL v. HOLLINGSWORTH - 6/24/1999
The appellant, James A. Neal, in his capacity as Executive Director of the Committee on Professional Conduct, filed a complaint for disbarment against the appellee, Perlesta A. Hollingsworth, alleging numerous violations of the Model...
HAPNEY v. RHEEM MANUFACTURING CO. - 6/2/1999
Renate Hapney filed a workers' compensation claim, contending that she had sustained a ruptured cervical disc while working at Rheem Manufacturing on February 2, 1996. She proceeded under three alternative theories of compensability,...
SUNESON v. HOLLOWAY CONST. CO. - 5/27/1999
This appeal is a tort case involving a legal principle of major importance called the "accepted-work doctrine." One of Craig Suneson's points for reversal is that the doctrine is outdated and that this court should repudiate it. Our...
MAXEY v. TYSON - 5/19/1999
Louise Maxey appeals a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission holding that she was not permanently and totally disabled, but that she was entitled to benefits for a 35% wage-loss disability. The Second Injury Fund argues on...
ELLISON v. THERMA-TRU - 5/12/1999
Sarah Ellison has appealed the decision by the Workers' Compensation Commission concerning her claim for permanent disability benefits associated with a compensable back injury governed by the Workers' Compensation Law that pre-dated...
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