JOHNSON TIMBER CORP. v. STURDIVANT

No. 87-163.

752 S.W.2d 241 (1988)

295 Ark. 622

JOHNSON TIMBER CORPORATION, et al., Appellants, v. Norma Jean STURDIVANT, Administratrix, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Griffin, Crossett, for appellants.

Ted Boswell, Bryant, Robert Compton, El Dorado, James M. Pratt, Jr., Camden, John M. Shackleford, El Dorado, for appellees.


PURTLE, Justice.

A Union County Circuit Court jury awarded more than $5,000,000 to the various appellees for three wrongful deaths and a personal injury, all arising out of a motor vehicle collision. The appellants' common arguments for reversal are that the trial court erred in refusing to grant a directed verdict or a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or a new trial, and that the court erred in refusing to give or in giving certain jury instructions. Numerous...

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