R&L CARRIERS v. MARKLEY

No. CV-16-39.

520 S.W.3d 268 (2017)

2017 Ark. App. 240

R&L CARRIERS SHARED SERVICES, LLC and Dean Wethington, Appellants v. Stuart MARKLEY and Madison County Telephone Company, Inc., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division IV.

Opinion Delivered: April 19, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kutak Rock LLP, by: Niki Cung , Fayetteville and Ashley Welch Hudson , Little Rock, for appellants.

Mason Law Firm, PLC, Fayetteville, by: G. Chadd Mason ; and Gunn Kieklak Dennis LLP, by: Jennifer Lloyd , for appellee Stuart Markley.

Munson, Rowlett, Moore and Boone, P.A., by: Mark S. Breeding , Little Rock and Beverly A. Rowlett , for appellee Madison County Telephone, Inc.


This is an appeal from a negligence action involving an eighteen-wheeler that hit a telephone line and injured a worker repairing the line. In this appeal, we consider whether the worker's employer can be liable for negligence under the theory of implied indemnity. We also review several alleged evidentiary errors and decide...

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