Mason v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

DISSENTING OPINION TO COURT’S DENIAL OF REHEARING

Opinion Delivered May 28, 1998

As a caveat to the bench and bar, I point out that today’s decision changes this court’s AMI Civ. 3d Instructions 406 and 407. I think unnecessarily so; thus, I dissent.1

The mischief triggering this court’s decision to overrule longstanding precedent is primarily due to our opinion in Fisher v. Jones, 311 Ark. 450, 844 S.W.2d 954 (1993), which misstates this court’s holding in Walt Bennett Ford v. Pul. Co. Spl. Sch. Dist., 274 Ark. 208, 214-A, 624 S.W.2d 426, 429 (1981) (Supplemental Opinion on Denial of…