Wyatt v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

The appellee, Ms. Lynn Nowlin Bryant, a licensed practical nurse employed by Warner Brown Hospital, gave information to a relative that the appellant, Ronald Wyatt, a hospital patient either had Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) or was being tested for AIDS. As a result, Mr. Wyatt sued Ms. Bryant and Warner Brown Hospital’s insurance company, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company (St. Paul). The trial court found in essence that the allegations raised by Ronald and Vicki Wyatt against the parties did not constitute medical malpractice pursuant to Ark.…