Supreme Court of Arkansas

Theresa Roeder, as the Administratrix of the Estate of Esther Kay Roeder, Deceased, and on Behalf of the Wrongful…

November 7, 20132013 Ark. LEXIS 527

Summary

The Arkansas Supreme Court accepted a federal district court's certified question concerning whether "malicious" conduct under Ark. Code Ann. § 18-11-307(1) includes conduct in reckless disregard of consequences from which malice may be inferred. This order established the briefing and processing requirements but did not answer the statutory-interpretation question.