Rodgers v. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Frank Holt, Justice.

A jury awarded appellee a judgment in the amount of $5,457.65 for medical bills incurred by appellant’s wife while a patient at the appellee Medical Center. For reversal he contends the trial court erred in denying his motion which asserted that counsel for the appellee could not properly represent the appellee, an agency of the state, since appellee’s counsel was not the attorney general, an assistant attorney general, nor special counsel appointed by the attorney general. Ark. Stat. Ann. §§ 12-1701 and 12-719 (Repl. 1979). Neither is there any statute authorizing this…