BALLARD v. MARTIN

No. 01-1185.

79 S.W.3d 838 (2002)

349 Ark. 564

Teresa BALLARD et al. and Stephen Cain v. Sheila MARTIN et al. and Westark Financial Consultants of Jonesboro, Inc., et al.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 5, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Nixon Law Firm, by: David G. Nixon and Paige E. Young, Fayetteville, for Ballard appellants.

Robert Cloar, Fort Smith, for Cain appellants.

Orr, Scholtens, Willhite & Averitt, PLC, by: Chris A. Averitt, Jay Scholtens, and Kevin J. Orr, Jonesboro, for appellees Sheila Martin and Jimmie Sue Spencer, individually and o/b/o a class of similarly situated persons.

Jones, Jackson & Moll, PLC, by: Jay W. Kutchka and Mark A. Moll, Fayetteville, for appellee Westark Financial Consultants of Jonesboro, Inc.


ROBERT L. BROWN, Justice.

This is a check-cashing case that presents the issue of whether a class-action settlement was fair and adequate. The appellants are two groups of intervenors, Teresa Ballard et al. and Stephen Cain et al. (collectively referred to as Ballard and Cain). The appellees are Sheila Martin and Jimmie Sue Spencer, individually and on behalf of the class (collectively referred to as Martin), who represent the original class of plaintiffs...

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