Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. v. Anderson

David Newbern, Justice.

This is a tort case in which the issue concerns application of the collateral-source rule. The Trial Court held that the rule required exclusion of evidence of the partial forgiveness of a debt for medical services rendered to the plaintiff. The defendant moved for a new trial pursuant to Ark. R. Civ. P. 59(a)(8), arguing that the ruling was an error of law that prevented it from having a fair trial. The Trial Court denied the motion, and we affirm.

On November 14, 1994, appellee Shirley Anderson was badly injured in a fall while shopping in appellant’s Montgomery Ward…