WHITLOCK v. G.P.W. NURSING HOME, INC.

No. 84-81.

672 S.W.2d 48 (1984)

283 Ark. 158

Kenney WHITLOCK, Acting Commissioner, Department of Human Services, Division of Social Services, Appellants, v. G.P.W. NURSING HOME, INC.,

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moody & Nye by Debby Thetford Nye and Div. of Social Services by Carolyn Parham, Little Rock, for appellants.

Smith, Jernigan & Smith by George O. Jernigan, Jr., Little Rock, and Pickens, Boyce, McLarty & Watson by Wayne Boyce and Edward Boyce, Newport, for appellee.


PURTLE, Justice.

On judicial review of an administrative agency decision, the Jackson County Circuit Court reversed the agency by granting a default judgment to the appellee. We agree with appellants that it was error for the court to grant default under the circumstances.

Appellant Division of Social Services, a state agency, supervises the Medicaid program for the State of Arkansas. The appellee, G.P.W. Nursing...

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