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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Wrongful Death

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

TEXARKANA DIVISION

BEVERLY GAY MARCUM and PLAINTIFFS

BELINDA GAIL HENLY, Co-Administrators

For the Estate of Van Ryan Marcum, Deceased

and GARY VAN MARCUM

VS. CASE NO. 05-CV-4011

THE SHAW GROUP, INC. DEFENDANT

ORDER

Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion to Declare Certain Provisions of the Civil Justice

Reform Act of 2003 Unconstitutional. (Doc. 42). Plaintiffs seek to have the Court invalidate Ark.

Code Ann. § 16-55-202, which limits a defendant’s liability to the percentage of total damages

corresponding to that defendant’s percentage of fault. Defendant has responded. (Doc. 53). The

Court finds the matter ripe for consideration. 

After reviewing the briefs and the statute in question, the Court declines Plaintiffs’ invitation

to declare Ark. Code Ann. § 16-55-202 Unconstitutional. The Court believes a challenge to this

statute is more properly laid in the Arkansas Supreme Court or with the General Assembly.

Accordingly, Plaintiffs’ Motion to Declare Certain Provisions of the Civil Justice Reform Act of

2003 Unconstitutional should be and hereby is DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED, this 20th day of November, 2006. 

/s/Harry F. Barnes 

Hon. Harry F. Barnes 

United States District Judge

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