Legal Opinion
White v. City of Newport
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided November 25, 1996No. 96-1PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRADLEY D. JESSON, Chief Justice.
At issue in this case is the constitutionality of Ark. Code Ann. § 21-9-301 (Repl. 1996), known as the municipal tort-immunity statute. The appellant claims that the statute violates Article 2, § 13, and Article 5, § 32, of the Arkansas Constitution. The trial court upheld the constitutionality of § 21-9-301, and we affirm.
The city of Newport owns and operates an ambulance service. On May 18, 1992, Dorse White, the husband of the appellant, Elwanda White, began experiencing heart-attack symptoms. Mrs. White dialed 911, and the city’s ambulance service…
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