Wallace v. Williams

Frank Holt, Justice.

A jury awarded $11,325.41 to appellees for property damage and personal injuries incurred in an automobile collision with appellant. For reversal appellant first asserts the trial court erred in failing to strike the opinion testimony of a physician as to the permanency of appellee Audley Williams’ injuries.

A properly qualified expert’s opinion constitutes substantial evidence unless it be shown that the expert’s opinion is without reasonable basis. Ark. State Highway Comm’n v. Geeslin, 247 Ark. 537, 446 S.W. 2d 245 (1969). Here the physician is a general practitioner with…