Stafford v. City of Hot Springs

Steele Hays, Justice.

Appellant, a Hot Springs fireman, was involved in an accident with another vehicle during an emergency run of the city fire truck. Over appellant’s insistence that he was driving with due care, an Accident Review Committee found the collision was preventable, his speed being excessive for prevailing conditions. The committee assessed three penalty points against appellant under an Accident Review Point System and when he appealed the committee declined to reconsider its ruling.

Told that no further appeal rights were available, appellant filed suit in the Garland Circuit…