Newberry v. Johnson

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s granting of a judgment notwithstanding the verdict and a new trial to the appellee in an attorney malpractice case. Because the case involves a question in the law of torts, the court assumes jurisdiction of the case pursuant to Rule 29(1) (o) of the Arkansas Rules of the Supreme Court. Appellant, who represented herself below and does so again on appeal, urges two points for reversal: (1) The court erred in granting appellee’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and his alternative request for a new trial and (2) the…