Long v. Lampton

Trial attorneys and members of the bench should take particular note of this decision, because it represents this court’s change in case law involving the giving and prejudicial effect of (1) erroneous conflicting jury instructions and (2) inherently erroneous instructions. As this court ruled in Alpha Zeta Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity v. Sullivan, 293 Ark. 576, 740 S.W.2d 127 (1987), it is settled law that it is prejudicial error for the court to give instructions which are directly conflicting and calculated to mislead the jury. See also Chicago Mill & Lumber Co. v. Johnson, 104…