HODGE v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 88-105.

759 S.W.2d 203 (1988)

297 Ark. 1

Ernest HODGE, Appellant, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., and Kirk Ward, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 31, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Felver A. Rowell, Jr., Morrilton, for appellant.

Robert L. Robinson, Jr., Little Rock, for appellees.


HICKMAN, Justice.

The question in this case is one of computing time. The trial judge held that after the appellant took a voluntary nonsuit, he did not refile his complaint within the time required by law. We find a uniform rule which we apply to such situations dictates that the suit was timely.

The facts are undisputed. The appellant sued Wal-Mart and its local store manager Benny Cash on a slip and fall case in 1983. On May 8, 1986, the appellant took...

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