Legal Opinion
Carton v. Missouri Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided March 28, 1988No. 87-262PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.
The principal issue in this case is whether the White County Circuit Court, in dismissing appellant Carla Blakemore Carton’s complaint, erred in holding that she was not entitled to the benefits of Ark. Code Ann. § 16-56-126 (1987) [formerly Ark. Stat. Ann. § 37-222 (Supp. 1985), and commonly referred to as the “saving statute”] in the refiling of her lawsuit, which had been dismissed on two previous occasions. We find the statute does protect Carton, and we reverse and remand for trial.
On November 25,1981, Carton filed a tort suit in the United States District…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mitchell v. Village Creek Drainage Dist. of Lawrence CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1946
- Greenstreet v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1895
- Lubin v. Crittenden Memorial HospitalSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
- Cory v. Mark Twain Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
- Coleman v. YoungSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1974
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Miller v. NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- Carton v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
- Forrest City MacHine Works, Inc. v. LyonsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
- LINDER BY AND THROUGH LINDER v. HowardSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
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