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WHITE v. CITY OF NEWPORT

No. 96-1.

933 S.W.2d 800 (1996)

326 Ark. 667

Elwanda WHITE, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEWPORT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 25, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. David Blair, Batesville, for appellant.

Stanley Montgomery, Newport, David C. Schoen, Fayetteville, for appellee.

JESSON, Chief Justice.

At issue in this case is the constitutionality of Ark.Code Ann. § 21-9-301 (Repl.1996), known as the municipal tort immunity statute. The appellant claims that the statute violates Article 2, § 13, and Article 5, § 32, of the Arkansas Constitution. The trial court upheld the constitutionality of § 21-9-301, and we affirm.

The city of Newport owns and operates an ambulance service. On May 18, 1992, Dorse White, the...

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