BRANT v. SORRELLS

No. 87-117.

737 S.W.2d 450 (1987)

293 Ark. 276

Charles BRANT, Appellant, v. Curtis Eugene SORRELLS, Special Administrator of the Estate of Jeffrey Leonard Sorrells, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Gilbreath, Jackson & Moll, Fort Smith, for appellant.

Martin, Vater, Karr & Hutchinson, Fort Smith, for appellee.


DUDLEY, Justice.

A jury returned a defendant's verdict in this wrongful death case. The trial court granted the plaintiff's motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was clearly against the preponderance of the evidence. We affirm.

On Monday night, at about 10:00 p.m., Jeff Sorrells, the nineteen year old victim, phoned Diana Brant, the defendant's seventeen year old daughter, and said that he needed to talk to her, in person, about something very...

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