Clayton v. Clayton

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This is an appeal from the special chancellor’s finding that appellee’s unliquidated personal injury claim under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) was not marital property under Ark. Code Ann. § 9-12-315(b)(6) (Supp. 1987). In her appeal, the appellant relies on our earlier opinion in Bunt v. Bunt, 294 Ark. 507, 744 S.W.2d 718 (1988), in arguing that the chancellor’s finding is erroneous. We agree to the extent that part of the appellee’s claim should be considered marital property, and therefore reverse and remand.

The parties were married on May 6, 1980, and they…