Dodge v. Lee

Donald L. Corbin, Justice.

This appeal was certified to us from the Arkansas Court of Appeals as presenting issues of statutory interpretation. Our jurisdiction is thus pursuant to Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 1-2(b)(6). This case arose from a defamation and libel suit filed in the Benton County Circuit Court by Appellees Andy Lee and Nelson Erdmann. The complaint was filed on November 21, 2000, and named as defendants John Dodge, Jim Bolt, Dr. Tim Brooker, Francis J. Flart, Dianne Saladino, Sam Yates, Duane Neal, Ret Miles, James Deichman, Royce Nease, Gary W. France, Jerry C. Beaver, Jimmy Charles Bilby…