Northwest Arkansas Area Agency on Aging v. Golmon

Wendell L. Griffen, Judge.

Northwest Arkansas Area Agency on Aging (“the agency”) and Risk Management Resources appeal from the order of the Baxter County Circuit Court that set aside an order allowing appellants to intervene in a negligence suit because the court determined that their petition to intervene was not timely. For reversal, appellánts argue that the trial court abused its discretion in holding that their petition to intervene was not timely. We agree and reverse and remand to allow appellants to intervene.

Norma Golmon, an appellee in this case, was working for the agency when she…