Aon Risk Services, Inc., of Arkansas v. Meadors

Larry D. Vaught, Judge.

A Pulaski County jury awarded appellee John Meadors $2,509,127.60 on several breach-of-contract claims against his employer, appellant Aon Risk Services, Inc., of Arkansas (“ARS Arkansas”). In post-trial proceedings, the circuit judge reduced the award to $1,281,930.90. The judge also gave Meadors $150,000 in attorney fees, to be increased to $320,482.72 in the event of an appeal, and declined Meadors’s request for prejudgment interest. ARS Arkansas appeals, arguing that the jury’s verdict was not supported by substantial evidence and that the trial judge erred in…