NATIONAL SEC. FIRE & CAS. CO. v. BARNES

No. CA 98-669.

984 S.W.2d 80 (1999)

65 Ark.App. 13

NATIONAL SECURITY FIRE & CASUALTY CO., Appellant, v. Karen BARNES, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division III.

January 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan F. Bufford, Brian A. Brown, Little Rock, for Appellant.

John C. Everett, Jason H. Wales, Fayetteville, for Appellee.


MARGARET MEADS, Judge.

This case involves a default judgment entered against appellant, National Security Fire & Casualty Company. The jury awarded appellee Karen Barnes $25,000 in compensatory damages and $500,000 in punitive damages. Upon being notified that a default judgment had been entered against it, appellant moved to set the judgment aside or, in the alternative, for a remittitur of damages. The trial court denied the motion to set aside, but reduced...

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