§ 16-55-122. Contract provisions restricting disclosure of environmental hazards are void
(a) Any provision of a contract or agreement entered into to settle a lawsuit which purports to restrict any person’s right to disclose the existence or harmfulness of an environmental hazard is declared to be against the public policy of the State of Arkansas and therefore void. (b) For purposes of this section, the term […]
§ 16-55-201. Modification of joint and several liability
(a) In any action for personal injury, medical injury, property damage, or wrongful death, the liability of each defendant for compensatory or punitive damages shall be several only and shall not be joint. (b) (1) Each defendant shall be liable only for the amount of damages allocated to that defendant in direct proportion to that […]
§ 16-55-105. Amendment or repeal of code
No act shall have the effect to amend or repeal or be construed as amending or repealing any title, chapter, article, section, clause, or provision of this code unless the intention is expressly stated, and the title, chapter, article, or section shall be particularly referred to and recited in the act amending or repealing it.
§ 16-55-108. Authority of deputies
Any duty enjoined by this code upon a ministerial officer and any act permitted to be done by him or her may be performed by his or her lawful deputy.
§ 16-55-101. Title of code
This code shall be known as the “Code of Practice in Civil Cases” in this state.
§ 16-55-103. Applicability of code
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, this code shall regulate the procedure in all civil actions and proceedings in the courts of this state. (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, the provisions of this code shall apply to and regulate the proceedings of all the courts of this state, though not expressly enumerated, […]
§ 16-55-104. Construction of code
(a) The rule of common law that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed shall not be applied to the code. (b) The provisions of the code, and all proceedings under it, shall be liberally construed, with a view to promote its object and to assist the parties in obtaining […]