Legal Opinion

Cousins v. Dennis

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 27, 1989No. 88-297PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This appeal involves a tort case which requires this court’s interpretation of several statutes that bear on (1) whether the appellees are immune from liability under the concept of governmental immunity and (2) whether the appellee Huntsville School District #1 was required to insure the vehicle that caused the injury sustained by one of the district’s students, appellant Tracy Cousins. The trial court, holding appellees were immune from tort liability and were not required to insure the vehicle in question, granted the appellees’ motion for summary judgment and dismissed…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Matthews v. MartinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
  2. Ragland v. Alpha Aviation, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
  3. Thompson v. SanfordSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
  4. City of Fort Smith v. BrewerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973
  5. Cousins v. Farm Bureau Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Hercules Inc. v. PledgerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
  2. Doe v. BaumSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002
  3. Waire Ex Rel. Meyers v. JosephSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992
  4. Davis v. Fulton CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
  5. Spears v. City of FordyceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002

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