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   State Courts - Arkansas - June 1, 2005

  
Rose Care, Inc. v. Ross, CA04-744, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARKANSAS, DIVISION ONE, June 1, 2005, Opinion delivered
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Overview: In a medical malpractice case, an expert's opinion did not fail to establish a link between the facility's conduct and the injuries, Ark. Code Ann. ? 16-114-206, where, although the expert did not testify that the lack of care "proximately caused" the injuries, there was no requirement of specific "magic words" with respect to expert opinion.

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Scott v. Farm Credit Mid-South, P.C.A., CA04-1246, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARKANSAS, DIVISION THREE, June 1, 2005, Decided
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Smith v. Howard County Children's Ctr., CA05-51, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARKANSAS, DIVISION TWO, June 1, 2005, Decided
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Overview: Ark. Code Ann. ? 11-9-102(5)(D) required that a compensable injury had to be established by medical evidence supported by objective findings, which the worker failed to do; the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission had the authority to accept or reject medical opinion and properly rejected the worker's physician's report.

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Souvannasane v. Vannavong, CA04-1012, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARKANSAS, DIVISION TWO, June 1, 2005, Decided
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Overview: Although there was contradictory testimony, the appellate court deferred to the circuit court's decision regarding the credibility of the mother and father and properly awarded custody of two minor children to the father. There was sufficient evidence presented under Ark. Code Ann. ? 9-10-113 to establish that the father was a fit parent.

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Walls v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs., CA 04-481, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARKANSAS, DIVISION ONE, June 1, 2005, Decided
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Overview: Court properly terminated a mother's parental rights, Ark. Code Ann. ? 9-27-341, where an investigator watched a seven-year-old child trying to cross the highway and almost get hit by a car and observed broken glass, dirt, trash, and opened cans with jagged edges strewn about in the bedroom, which had mattresses on the floor and broken windows.

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Williams v. Golf Cars of Ark., CA04-7, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARKANSAS, DIVISION THREE, June 1, 2005, Decided
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Overview: Appeal was dismissed as to garnishee as it was party that was not represented by an attorney; trustee was not a licensed attorney and engaged in authorized practice of law, Ark. Code Ann. ? 16-22-206. Trustee was judgment debtor where firm was not incorporated and had no employees, and trustee made no argument as to why the judgments were invalid.

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Windsong Enters. v. Upton, CA 04-571, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARKANSAS, June 1, 2005, Opinion delivered
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Overview: A court erred in awarding summary judgment to a landowner in a developer's action for tortious interference with a business expectancy after property that was zoned for multifamily use was rezoned because the developer had purchased the property when it was zoned for multifamily use with the express intention of developing it for that purpose.

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Wooley v. Planter's Cotton Oil Mill, Inc., CA 04-955, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARKANSAS, DIVISION THREE, June 1, 2005, Opinion delivered
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Overview: Trial court did not err in denying wife's motion for revivor under Ark. Code Ann. ?? 16-62-105, 16-62-108, and 16-62-109 where wife did not request order of revivor in her amended complaint and corporation did not waive its right to object to the revivor. Wrongful-death action was derivative of underlying tort action, which was no longer preserved.

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Yancy v. State, CACR04-1220, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARKANSAS, DIVISION FOUR, June 1, 2005, Decided
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Overview: During defendant's trial for false imprisonment and assault, the court did not abuse its discretion in giving a jury instruction on fleeing when the evidence concerned defendant's escape because escape and flight to avoid arrest were placed squarely on the same legal footing as far as corroborating evidence of a defendant's guilt was concerned.

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