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The Arkansas
Lawyer Vol. 46, No. 4
features
10 The Arkansas Several Liability “Catch 22”: The Civil Justice Reform Act Post Johnson Scott M. Strauss 14 The Arkansas Civil Reform Act of 2003 and Johnson v. Rockwell Automation, Inc. James Bruce McMath 18 The Perplexing Problem of the Absent Joint Tortfeasor Brian G. Brooks 22 Negotiating Arkansas’s Law of Several Liability Joseph Falasco 26 Report from the 2011 National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws Lynn Foster 28 Sterling Robertson Cockrill: The Youngest Chief Justice, Part 2 Michael B. Dougan 30 Appeal (Supersedeas) Bonds Cindi Thessing
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