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NATIONAL BY-PRODUCTS v. SEARCY HOUSE MOV.

No. 86-300.

731 S.W.2d 194 (1987)

292 Ark. 491

NATIONAL BY-PRODUCTS, INC., Appellant, v. SEARCY HOUSE MOVING COMPANY, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Friday, Eldredge & Clark by James M. Simpson & H. Charles Gschwend, Jr., Little Rock, for appellant.

Matthews & Sanders, by Gail O. Matthews & Marci L. Talbot, Little Rock, for appellee.

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...

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