Arkansas, February, 2009, State Case law

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State Courts - Arkansas - February 11, 2009

Ramey v. State, No. CACR 08-874, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARKANSAS, DIVISION TWO, February 11, 2009, Opinion Delivered
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Ratliff v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs., CA08-1060, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARKANSAS, DIVISION FOUR, February 11, 2009, Decided
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Overview: Termination of parental rights was proper under Ark. Code Ann. ? 9-27-341(b)(3)(B)(vii)(a) because the parents were unable to provide an adequate home for their child and because they requested not that the child be returned to their care but that he be placed in the same state facility that their older children had been placed.

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Shouse v. Hegwood, CA08-625, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARKANSAS, DIVISION TWO, February 11, 2009, Decided
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Overview: An order awarding judgment to wife in her action challenging division of parties' marital home and debt in divorce decree was upheld because husband did not file timely notice of appeal from judgment pursuant to Ark. R. App. P. Civ. 4(a); appellate court lacked jurisdiction to consider all of trial court's rulings embodied in the original judgment.

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Superior Indus. & Crockett Adjustment v. Shaddock, No. CA08-766, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARKANSAS, DIVISION TWO, February 11, 2009, Opinion Delivered
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Overview: Where the employee suffered a compensable neck and back injury, the doctor released him to light duty work with a no-driving restriction. Because the employee could not drive to any job that he could perform, he was totally disabled temporarily for purposes of Ark. Code Ann. ? 11-9-519(e)(1).

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Vinson v. Dollar Gen. Stores, No. CA 08-743, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARKANSAS, DIVISION FOUR, February 11, 2009, Opinion Delivered
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Overview: An employee's request for workers' compensation benefits for additional medical treatment, a targeted disc compression and discogram, was properly denied because the medical services were not reasonably necessary under Ark. Code Ann. ? 11-9-508(a); the employee's most recent MRI no longer showed any discal defect at L4-5.

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Wortham-Huggins v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs., No. CA08-1175, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARKANSAS, DIVISION FOUR, February 11, 2009, Opinion Delivered
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Overview: Where children were removed from deplorable living conditions, their parents failed to visit them, both parents failed to complete treatment for drug and alcohol abuse, the father failed to appear at the termination hearing, and the mother appeared but tested positive for cocaine, termination of parental rights was in the children's best interests.

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Zamora v. Ark. HHS, CA08-948, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARKANSAS, DIVISION TWO, February 11, 2009, Decided
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Overview: Where mother challenged the termination of her parental rights on two grounds but did not challenge the termination under Ark. Code Ann. ? 9-27-341(b)(3)(B), the termination was affirmed, and termination under this ground did not require a showing that the Department of Human Services provided meaningful services to the parent.

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