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Robinson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC v. Phillips

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Robinson Nursing & Rehab. Ctr., LLC v. Phillips, 2019 Ark. 305
by the Arkansas Supreme Court

Cite as: Robinson Nursing & Rehab. Ctr., LLC v. Phillips, 2019 Ark. 305, 586 S.W.3d 624.

4706086Robinson Nursing & Rehab. Ctr., LLC v. Phillips, 2019 Ark. 3052019by the Arkansas Supreme Court

Supreme Court of Arkansas

2019 Ark. 305

ROBINSON NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER, LLC, d/b/a Robinson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center; Central Arkansas Nursing Centers, Inc.; Nursing Consultants, Inc.; and Michael Morton, Appellants,  v.  Andrew PHILLIPS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Dorothy Phillips, and on Behalf of the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Dorothy Phillips; and on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellees.

Appeal from the Pulaski County Circuit Court [No. 60CV-14-4568], Honorable Timothy Davis Fox, Judge

No. CV-18-45 --- Opinion delivered: October 31, 2019 

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Hardin, Jesson & Terry, PLC (Little Rock), by: Jeffrey W. Hatfield, Kynda Almefty, and Carol Ricketts; and Hardin, Jesson & Terry, PLC (Fort Smith), by: Kirkman T. Dougherty and Stephanie I. Randall, for appellants.

Campbell Law Firm, P.A., by: H. Gregory Campbell; and Reddick Moss, PLLC, by: Brian D. Reddick, for appellees.


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