Smith v. Washington

RAY THORNTON, Justice.

Appellant Brenda Lee Robinson Smith brings this appeal of the Jefferson County Circuit Court’s dismissal of her medical malpractice claim against appellee Dr. Erma S. Washington, for alleged medical negligence arising out of surgery performed on appellant while she was an inmate at the Arkansas Department of Correction. Because we have determined that the trial court erred in dismissing appellant’s complaint pursuant to the two-dismissal rule of Ark. R. Civ. P. 41(a), we reverse the grant of appellee’s Motion to Dismiss and return the action to the trial court for…