Legal Opinion

Medical Assurance Co. v. Castro

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided February 26, 2009No. 08-1010PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ELANA CUNNINGHAM WILLS, Justice.

| ]A Sebastian County jury awarded damages to Sherry Castro, individually and as the parent and guardian of C.S., for negligent supervision and retention on the part of Sparks Regional Medical Center (Sparks). Sparks’s primary liability insurer — The Medical Assurance Company, Inc. (Medical Assurance) — brings this appeal, arguing that the trial court erred in denying its motions for a directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We affirm.

Six-year-old C.S. was admitted to Sparks in May 2005. A Sparks food service employee named Howard William…

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