Spears v. City of Fordyce

Ray Thornton, Justice.

On May 8, 1997, appellant, Barbara Spears, was driving a car owned by appellant, Jerel Saeler, when a Coyote C-26 front-end loader, which was owned by appellee, the City of Fordyce, and operated by appellee, Joseph Watson, collided with the car. When the accident occurred, Mr. Watson was driving the front-end loader on the highway through a school zone to an area in Fordyce where he intended to “clip shoulders.”1

On April 26, 2000, appellants filed a complaint against the City of Fordyce, Joseph Watson, and the Arkansas Public Entities Risk Management Association. The…