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Arkansas Code Title 16. Practice, Procedure, and Courts § 16-118-114. Civil action against a person who engages in a riot or disorderly conduct, or who obstructs or interferes with emergency medical services personnel or first responder

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In addition to any other cause of action available to a person, a person who suffers injury to himself or herself or to his or her property as a direct or indirect result of:

(1) An act of obstructing or interfering with emergency medical personnel or a first responder, § 5-60-123, if the act of obstructing or interfering with emergency medical personnel or a first responder is a felony or Class A misdemeanor, may bring a civil action against a person who obstructed or interfered with the emergency medical personnel or first responder; or

(2) A riot or the activity of a rioter under § 5-71-201 et seq., may bring a civil action against the rioter or a person or entity that incites the riot.

(b) A court hearing a civil action under this section may award compensatory damages, punitive damages, costs, reasonable attorney’s fees, and expenses to a plaintiff who prevails in the civil action.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 16. Practice, Procedure, and Courts § 16-118-114. Civil action against a person who engages in a riot or disorderly conduct, or who obstructs or interferes with emergency medical services personnel or first responder - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-16-practice-procedure-and-courts/ar-code-sect-16-118-114/

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