Legal Opinion
National By-Products, Inc. v. Searcy House Moving Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided June 22, 1987No. 86-300PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Robert H. Dudley, Justice.
The sole issue in this tort case is whether an award of punitive damages should be upheld. We hold there was no substantial evidence to support the' award of punitive damages, and reverse the judgment.
On July 11, 1985, Robert Foley was driving a large tractor-trailer for appellant National By-Products, Inc. from Batesville south on Highway 167. At the same time, appellee Searcy House Moving Company was moving a house north on the same highway. Appellee could not get the house through a bridge which was just north of Bald Knob, and, while the house was being adjusted…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ellis v. FergusonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1965
- Freeman v. AndersonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
- Life & Cas. Ins. Co. of Tennessee v. PadgettSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1966
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. DysartSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
3Cited by47 opinions
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- Lockley v. Deere & Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Wallace v. BroylesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
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