Appeals Court Orders New Trial After Finding Oil Repair Estimate Inadmissible

Mealey's (January 23, 2017, 1:26 PM EST) -- LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas appeals panel on Jan. 18 reversed a trial court judge’s ruling ordering a defendant to pay $28,200 to remediate an oil spill on farmland he leased from his stepfather, finding that the repair estimate relied on by the plaintiff was inadmissible hearsay (Barry Jones, d/b/a Borderline Farms v. John B. Dozier Land Trust, et al., No. CV-16-378, Ark. App., Div. 4; 2017 Ark. App. LEXIS 23)....