Baptist Memorial Hospital-Forrest City, Inc. v. Neblett

CLIFF HOOFMAN, Judge.

1 Appellant Baptist Memorial Hospital-Forrest City (the hospital) sued appellee Dr. Paul Neblett for breach of contract, and the jury returned a verdict in its favor. The hospital now appeals from the trial court’s denial of its motions for prejudgment interest and attorney’s fees. We affirm the denial of prejudgment interest and reverse and remand on the issue of attorney’s fees.

Pursuant to a promissory note and a “Physician Agreement” with the hospital, Dr. Neblett was advanced varying amounts of money on a monthly basis for a two-year period to assist him in…