Legal Opinion
Arkco Corp. v. Askew
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided December 22, 2004No. 04-441PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Tom Glaze, Justice.
This is an attorney malpractice case in which appellant Arkco Corporation (“Arkco”) sued appellee, attorney Jess Askew, for failing to perfect Arkco’s appeal in a civil case out of Phillips County. In 1995, Arkco retained Askew to represent it in a lawsuit it filed against W.T. Paine in Phillips County Chancery Court (“the Paine case”). The trial court in the Paine case announced in mid-December of 1996 that it was going to rule against Arkco. However, before a judgment was filed in Paine’s favor, Arkco filed a bankruptcy petition in federal bankruptcy court on December 24,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Green v. MillsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999
- Rossi v. RossiSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
- U.S. Bank, N.A. v. MilburnSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003
- Hasha v. City of FayettevilleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
- Brown v. MinorSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1991
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Wandrey v. EtchisonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2005
- Tissing v. Arkansas Depatment of Human ServicesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2009
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