Carter v. Bush

Steele Hays, Justice.

This is a second appeal, giving this court jurisdiction under Rule 29(1)0). In the first appeal we reversed a ruling by the trial court that state employees are entirely immune from suit for negligence when acting in the performance of their official duties. We held that state employees are not immune from suit to the extent they may be covered by liability insurance, recognizing, however, that they were absolutely immune from individual liability. See Carter v. Bush, 283 Ark. 16, 677 S.W.2d 847 (1984). We remanded the case for further proceedings.

The facts are not…