ARNOLD FIREWORKS DISPLAY, INC. v. SCHMIDT

No. 91-163.

820 S.W.2d 444 (1991)

307 Ark. 316

ARNOLD FIREWORKS DISPLAY, INC. and Arnold Fireworks, Inc., Appellants, v. Alice SCHMIDT, Mother, Next Friend and Natural Guardian of William P. Schmidt, a minor, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald H. Bacon, Little Rock, for appellants.

David Hodges, Little Rock, for appellee.


DUDLEY, Justice.

William P. Schmidt, the eleven-year-old son of Alice Schmidt, lost the sight of his right eye as the result of a fireworks explosion. Alice Schmidt, in her capacity as William's natural guardian, filed suit against Arnold Fireworks Display, Inc., Arnold Fireworks, Inc., and Ray Sexton, Jr., alleging they sold the errant bottle rocket to the eleven-year-old boy in June 1990, and they incurred liability since Ark.Code Ann. § 20-22-712 (1987) makes...

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