Aluminum Co. of America v. Guthrie

W. Frank Morledge, Special Justice.

This is a personal injury case and a companion case to Guthrie v. Kemp, 303 Ark. 74, 793 S.W.2d 782 (1990). (Guthrie appealed summary judgment granted in favor of Kemp.)

The appellee, Brad Guthrie, filed suit against the appellant, Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa), for damages for injuries he claims were caused when he fell from a bridge owned by Alcoa. The jury awarded him $450,000. On appeal, that verdict was reversed and remanded to the trial court. Aluminum Co. of America v. Guthrie, 296 Ark. 269, 753 S.W.2d 538 (1988).

On July 18, 1988, the same day…