Supreme Court

The Arkansas Supreme Court released opinions Thursday. The court’s ruling and the names of the cases are reprinted here. The full opinions and other court proceedings, including per curiam decisions, orders and submissions, can be found on the Internet at courts.state.ar.us.

PROCEEDINGS OF NOV. 14, 2013

JUSTICE PAUL E. DANIELSON CV-13-185. Les Marlow, Brooks

“Chip” Meadows, Cary Marlow,

Chad Marlow, and Leigh Carson v.

United Systems of Arkansas, Inc.,

and Glenn Petkovsek, from Pulaski

County Circuit Court, First Division.

Affirmed; Court of Appeals opinion

vacated. Baker, Hart, and Hoofman,

JJ., dissent.

JUSTICE KAREN R. BAKER CV-13-210. Searcy Healthcare Center,

LLC d/b/a Searcy Healthcare Center;

Searcy HC Holdings, LLC; Perennial

Business Services, LLC; Perennial

Consulting Services, LLC; Perennial

Leasing, LLC; SHC Properties, LLC;

V. James Santarsiero, individually,

and as the governing body of

Searcy Healthcare Center; Jeanne

Butterworth, individually, and as the

governing body of Searcy Healthcare

Center; and Pamela Murphy, in her

capacity as administrator of Searcy

Healthcare Center v. John Murphy,

as administrator of the estate of

John Wesley Murphy, deceased,

and on behalf of the wrongful

death beneficiaries of John Wesley

Murphy, from White County Circuit

Court. Reversed and remanded;

cross-appeal dismissed. Hannah,

C.J., and Danielson, J., concur.

JUSTICE JOSEPHINE LINKER HART CV-13-156. Lonoke County, Arkansas;

Lonoke County Judge Doug Erwin;

and Lonoke County Quorum Court

Members Joe Farrer, Jannette

Minton, Larry Odom, Tim Lemons,

Barry Weathers, Alexis Malham,

Adam Sims, Robert Lynch, Robert

Sonny Moery, Bill Ryker, Mike

Dolan, and Henry Lang v. City of

Lonoke, Arkansas, and Lonoke

District Court, from Lonoke County

Circuit Court. Affirmed in part;

reversed in part. Danielson, J.,

concurs. Baker and Goodson, JJ.,

dissent.

Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9 on 11/15/2013

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