Rodgers v. CWR Construction, Inc.

Wh. “Dub” Arnold, Chief Justice.

The Court of Appeals certified this personal-injury case to us as a subsequent appeal following two appeals previously decided in this court. See Richardson v. Rodgers, 334 Ark. 606, 976 S.W.2d 941 (1998); and Richardson v. Rodgers, 319 Ark. 402, 947 S.W.2d 778 (1997). Our jurisdiction is authorized pursuant to Ark. R. Sup. Ct. 1-2(a)(7) (2000). Appellant Carl Rodgers, an employee of I-K Electric, a subcontractor of appellee CWR Construction, was injured in a construction-site accident at the Pulaski County Courthouse on May 24, 1994. While Rodgers was pulling…