Smith v. Hopper

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2015 Ark. 210

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CV-14-488 MICHELLE M. SMITH Opinion Delivered May 14, 2015 APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE SEBASTIAN V. COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT [NO. CV-12-1079] KARTIKA HOPPER APPELLEE HONORABLE J. MICHAEL FITZHUGH, JUDGE AFFIRMED. RHONDA K. WOOD, Associate Justice This is an appeal from the grant of a new trial.1 Appellant, plaintiff below, sued for negligence; after a trial, the jury awarded damages. Appellee, defendant below, filed a motion for a new trial, complaining that plaintiff’s counsel had misrepresented certain facts to the jury during closing argument. We…