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SIMMONS FIRST NAT. BANK v. ABBOTT

No. 85-99.

705 S.W.2d 3 (1986)

288 Ark. 304

SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK, (Through its Vice President and Senior Trust Officer, Robert L. Hart, Jr.) Administrator of the Estate of Georgia Huchingson, Appellant, v. W.W. ABBOTT, M.D., et al., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whetstone & Whetstone by Bernard Whetstone, Little Rock, for appellant.

Arkansas Trial Lawyers Ass'n by Jay Thomas Youngdahl, Little Rock, amicus curiae.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark by Laura A. Hensley, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings by James M. Moody & James M. Gray, Little Rock, for appellee.

Arkansas Ass'n of Defense Counsel by Stephan A. Matthews, Pine Bluff, amicus curiae.

COMER BOYETT, Jr., Special Chief Justice.

This case involves statutory construction of Arkansas' Wrongful Death Act (Act 255 of Acts of Arkansas of 1957); 27 Ark.Stat. 906 et seq.; and jurisdiction rests in this Court under Rule 29(1)(c) and (1)(o) of the Rules of the Supreme Court.

On August 25, 1980 suit was filed for injuries to Georgia Huchingson caused by medical negligence and wanton misconduct occurring on May 14, 1980. On March 23, 1981...

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