MECHANICS LUMBER CO. v. SMITH

No. 87-358.

752 S.W.2d 763 (1988)

296 Ark. 285

MECHANICS LUMBER COMPANY and Fred Myers Company, Inc., Appellants, v. Mark SMITH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beverly A. Rowlett, Randel K. Miller, Little Rock, for appellants.

John L. Burnett, Little Rock, for appellee.


MEREDITH P. CATLETT, Special Chief Justice.

This case involves a polygraph examination administered to Appellee, Mark Smith, for his employer Appellant, Mechanics Lumber Company, by Appellant, Fred Myers Company, Inc. Smith sued on three bases: outrage, negligence in administering the polygraph and defamation. The trial court denied Appellants' motions for a directed verdict on the claim of outrage and the jury awarded a verdict against Mechanics and Myers on this...

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