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SMITH v. RAONE

No. 84-218.

683 S.W.2d 935 (1985)

Wanda SMITH and Betty Wade, Co-Administratrices of the Estate of Hershel Wane Smith, Deceased, Appellants, v. Betty RAONE, Special Administratrix of the Estate of Dudley C. Roane, Deceased, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim O'Hara, Fletcher C. Lewis, North Little Rock, for appellants.

Butler, Hicky, Hicky & Routon by Phil Hicky and Preston Hicky, Forrest City, for appellees.

NEWBERN, Justice.

This is a wrongful death case, thus our jurisdiction arises under Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Rule 29(1)(o).

The question is whether the determination of an issue in a previously decided insurance coverage case involving these parties is preclusive of an issue in this wrongful death action. The trial judge held there was no such preclusion, and we affirm.

Dudley Roane shot and killed Hershel Smith. Smith's estate filed...

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