SLEDGE v. CITY OF PINE BLUFF

No. CV-20-547.

2022 Ark.App. 23

LEODIS SLEDGE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF TANESHA LEACH, DECEASED, AND ON BEHALF OF ALL WRONGFUL DEATH BENEFICIARIES AND HEIRS AT LAW, Appellant, v. CITY OF PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, BY AND THROUGH ITS MAYOR, SHIRLEY WASHINGTON, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS; PINE BLUFF CITY COUNCIL, BY AND THROUGH ITS EX-OFFICIO PRESIDENT, SHIRLEY WASHINGTON, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY; RICK RHODEN, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF PINE BLUFF STREET DEPARTMENT; AND KELVIN SARGENT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE CITY OF PINE BLUFF, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division IV.

Opinion Delivered January 19, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McKissic & Associates, PLLC, by: Gene E. McKissic, Sr. , for appellant.

Linda Burgess , Arkansas Municipal League, for appellee City of Pine Bluff.


Leodis Sledge, individually and as the special administrator of the estate of Tanesha Leach, appeals the Jefferson County Circuit Court's grant of summary judgment to appellees, the City of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, by and through its mayor, Shirley Washington, in her official capacity as mayor of the City of Pine Bluff...

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