ARKANSAS DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. HEATH

No. 92-962.

848 S.W.2d 927 (1993)

312 Ark. 206

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Appellant, v. John HEATH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce P. Hurlbut, Little Rock, for appellant.

Webster L. Hubbell, David P. Martin, Little Rock, Elton A. Rieves, III, West Memphis, for appellee.


NEWBERN, Justice.

This is the second appeal in this case which arose when the Department of Human Services (DHS) received a report of possible child abuse committed by John Heath, Principal at Marion Middle School. The report stated Mr. Heath had hit a student three times on the buttocks with a wooden paddle. Investigation confirmed the paddling occurred, and a DHS report concluded there was "some credible evidence of child abuse." In addition, a box was checked on...

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