HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (Legal Newsline) An Arkansas lawsuit alleges staff at a daycare in Hot Springs allowed a 9-month-old child to be checked out by someone other than his parents, and that he was later found to have a broken leg.
Two recent Arkansas Supreme Court rulings have eroded the citizens ability to sue the state government over illegal uses of taxpayer money, plaintiffs attorneys say.
A judge has dismissed an illegal-exaction lawsuit filed against the Arkansas Racing Commission and its director and the state Department of Finance and Administration secretary over not providing at least $200,000 a year for compulsive gambling disorder treatment and educational programs in prior years under a 2018 constitutional amendment that authorized four full-fledged casinos in Arkansas.