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WRIGHT v. CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP.

No. 07-255.

276 S.W.3d 253 (2008)

James R. WRIGHT, Administrator of the Estate of Conlisha L. Wright, Deceased, Appellant, v. CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP., d/b/a Centerpoint Energy Arkansas; Rheem Manufacturing Co.; and Anna Sue White, d/b/a White Rentals, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 14, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blair & Stroud, by: H. David Blair, Batesville, for appellant.

Womack, Landis, Phelps, McNeill & McDaniel, P.A., by: Jeffrey W. Puryear and Chuck Gschwend; Snellgrove, Langley, Culpepper, Williams & Mullally, by: Michael Mullally, Jonesboro; and McNabb, Bragorgos & Burgess, by: Richard E. Sorin, Memphis, for appellees.

TOM GLAZE, Justice.

The primary issue in this appeal involves the interpretation of two venue statutes, Ark Code Ann. § 16-60-112(a) (Repl.2005) and Ark.Code Ann. § 16-55-213 (Repl. 2005), and whether they are in conflict.

Section 16-60-112(a) was first enacted in 1939 and fixed venue in a wrongful-death action (1) in the county where an accident occurred that caused the injury or death, or (2) in the county where the person injured or killed resided...

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