Mendoza v. WIS International, Inc.

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Mendoza v. WIS International, Inc.
the Arkansas Supreme Court
2763730Mendoza v. WIS International, Inc.2016the Arkansas Supreme Court

Supreme Court of Arkansas

2016 Ark. 157

CORINA MENDOZA  v.  WIS INTERNATIONAL, INC., ANTHONY ADAMS, AND WASHINGTON INVENTORY SERVICES, INC.

Certified Question from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas

No. CV-15-677.---Delivered: April 14, 2016. 

Court Documents
Opinion of the Court
Dissenting Opinions
Baker
Hart
Wood

Certified Question from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Western Division, the Honorable James M. Moody, Jr.; certified question answered.

Brian G. Brooks, Attorney at Law, PLLC, by: Brian G. Brooks; and The Brad Hendricks Law Firm, by: Christopher R. Heil and George Wise, for petitioner.

Huckabay Law Firm, PLC, by: D. Michael Huckabay, Jr., and Kathryn B. Knisley, for respondents WIS International, Inc., and Washington Inventory Services, Inc.

McMillan, McCorkle, Curry & Bennington, L.L.P., by: F. Thomas Curry; and Munson, Rowlett, Moore, by: Shane Strabala and Kara B. Mikles, for respondent Anthony Adams.

Law Office of David H. Williams, PLLC, by: David H. Williams, for Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association, amicus curiae.

Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, LLP, by: Gregory T. Jones and Kristen S. Moyers, for American Trucking Associations, Inc. and Arkansas Trucking Association, Inc., amici curiae.

[Opinion of the Court by Justice PAUL E. DANIELSON. Dissenting opinions by Justices KAREN R. BAKER, JOSEPHINE LINKER HART, and RHONDA K. WOOD.]

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