BUTLER MFG. CO. v. HUGHES

No. 86-243.

729 S.W.2d 142 (1987)

292 Ark. 198

BUTLER MANUFACTURING CO., Appellant, v. Robert M. HUGHES & Patsy Hughes, his wife, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Simpson, H. Charles Gschwend, Jr., Little Rock, for appellant.

Spencer, Spencer, Depper & Guthrie, El Dorado, for appellees.


HOLT, Chief Justice.

The appellee, Robert M. Hughes, a construction worker, was shocked while using a piece of equipment called a "roof runner" and fell from the roof where he was working, receiving numerous injuries. Hughes and his wife sued the appellant, Butler Manufacturing Co., (Butler) from whom the machine was leased, under both products liability and negligence theories. The jury awarded the Hugheses $919,163.25 in damages. It is from a judgment based on that...

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