Affiliations

• Responsive Environments Corp. v. Pulaski County Special School District

  District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1973-09-21 · cited 2×

  The case concerned a lease-purchase agreement for school library books signed by the superintendent of the Pulaski County Special School District, under which the district received and used the books but made no payments. The district refused to honor the contract, claiming the superintendent lacked authority and the board had not ratified it. The court found that the board had not authorized or adopted the agreement, which was required by statute for school district business affairs, and therefore held the contract unenforceable against the district. The plaintiff elected to accept a reduced judgment of $13,500 in full settlement. The core reasoning focused on the absence of board approval or ratification despite the district's partial benefit from the books.

  business & regulatory

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• St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company v. Hundley

  District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1973-02-20 · cited 8×

  This case involved St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, the liability insurer for a driver in a 1966 auto collision, seeking to set aside or avoid a post-trial settlement reached with Dr. John Hundley, an injured passenger who claimed permanent disability from the accident. After a jury awarded Hundley $1.25 million in his negligence suit against the insured, the parties negotiated a $500,000 settlement that Hundley accepted and released claims on. St. Paul later alleged misrepresentations by Hundley about the extent of his injuries and sought relief from the settlement. The court dismissed the complaint with prejudice, holding that under Arkansas law Hundley had ratified the settlement by accepting its benefits after any alleged misrepresentations came to light, resulting in waiver of any right to rescind.

  torts & liabilityprocedure

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