SIMMONS FIRST NAT. BANK v. THOMPSON

No. 84-254

686 S.W.2d 415 (1985)

285 Ark. 275

SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Administrator, et al., Appellants, v. James THOMPSON, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winslow Drummond, Little Rock, for appellants.

Dennis L. Shackleford, El Dorado, Overton S. Anderson, V. Markham Lester, Robert L. Henry, III, Little Rock, for appellees.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This multi-party action for personal injuries and wrongful deaths arose out of a 1981 accident at the International Paper Company's paper mill in Pine Bluff. Separate crews at the mill permitted two different chemicals to flow into the mill's sewer system. The chemicals intermingled at some point in the system and reacted to create a poison gas that entered the atmosphere through an open grate sewer covering. At least two employees died...

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