Title: Janet Isbell v. Mary Kay Cosmetics a/k/a Mary Kay, Inc.

State: arkansas

Issuer: Arkansas Supreme Court

Document:

Janet ISBELL v. MARY KAY COSMETICS a/k/a Mary Kay, Inc. 98-1099 ___ S.W.2d ___ Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered September 23, 1999 Appeal & error -- petition for attorney's fees & costs moot -- appeal dismissed. -- Where, in a related opinion, the supreme court reversed the trial court's order and dismissed appellant's case, appellant's petition for attorney's fees and costs was moot; therefore, the court also dismissed this appeal. Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court; John Ward, Judge; dismissed. Stephens Law Firm, by: K. Gregory Stephens and Janis C. Speed, for appellant/cross-appellee. Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP, by: Roger D. Rowe, Nancy Bellhouse May, and Troy A. Price, for appellee/cross-appellant. Robert L. Brown, Justice. Appellant Janet Isbell appeals an order of the trial court granting her attorney's fees and costs under the Arkansas Franchise Practices Act. See Ark. Code Ann. § 4-72-208(b) (Repl. 1996). She contends that the trial court abused its discretion in that the fees and costs awarded were toosmall. In a related opinion handed down today in Mary Kay, Inc. v. Janet Isbell, Case No. 98-489, 338 Ark. ___, ___ S.W.2d ___ (1999), this court reversed the trial court's order and held that Janet Isbell was not covered by the Arkansas Franchise Practices Act. We dismissed her case. As a consequence of our decision in Case 98-489, Ms. Isbell's petition for attorney's fees and costs under the act is moot. This appeal is likewise dismissed. Appeal dismissed.