Arkansas Supreme Court News

Arkansas Supreme Court Halts Judge’s Dicamba Ban Exemptions

The Arkansas Supreme Court has halted a fourth judge’s ruling exempting some farmers from an herbicide ban that took effect last week. Justices has stayed a Clay County judge’s order prohibiting the state Plant Board from enforcing its ban on …

$122.5M Award Upheld in Imprisoned Arkansas Doctor’s Bombing Case

A former Arkansas doctor has lost his appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court of a $122.5 million jury award stemming from case that encompasses a suspended license to practice medicine, overprescribing of pain medications, criminal assault charges and one count …

Court Disqualifies 1 of 2 Medical Marijuana Proposals on Arkansas Ballot

Arkansas Supreme Court has disqualified a medical marijuana proposal from the November ballot less than two weeks before the election and with thousands of votes already cast, but voters will still be able to consider a competing plan. In a …

Arkansas Court: Voters to Decide Medical Marijuana Plan

Voters will have their say on at least one medical marijuana proposal this November, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled on Oct. 13. Justices sided with supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow patients with certain medical conditions to …

Arkansas Justices Toss Medical Liability Limit Proposal from November Ballot

Arkansas’ Supreme Court said that voters won’t be able to consider award limits in medical liability cases because the language outlining the plan on the November ballot doesn’t fully describe what the proposal would do. Ballots have already been printed, …

Arkansas Court Backs $3M Judgment Against Gerber over Workers’ Time

Arkansas’ highest court says a baby food manufacturer must pay more than $3 million to workers for the time they spent dressing and undressing into uniforms and protective gear. The state Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling that Gerber …

No Depreciation of Labor in ACV Claim, Arkansas High Court Says

An insurer can’t depreciate labor in calculating the actual cash value (ACV) of an insured property in the event of a covered loss, Arkansas high court justices have determined. In an opinion delivered on Dec. 10, 2015, the Arkansas Supreme …

Arkansas Court: Reckless Conduct Can Be ‘Malicious’ Under Law

The Arkansas Supreme Court is siding with relatives of the 20 people killed in flash floods at the Albert Pike campground in 2010, agreeing with their definition of malicious conduct under a state law. A federal judge had halted 11 …

$1.2B Judgment Against Drug Maker Voided by Arkansas Supreme Court

The Arkansas Supreme Court overturned a $1.2 billion judgment against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit challenging the drug maker’s marketing of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal. The agreement was the third-largest settlement with a drug maker in U.S. history. The …

Judgment Upheld in Arkansas Brain Surgery Lawsuit

The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld an $11 million judgment in a medical malpractice lawsuit against an insurer for Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH), in a suit brought by a Mabelvale couple after a doctor operated on the wrong side of …