KATHERINE LUMPKIN, APPELLANT,
v.
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, APPELLEE
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The court held that the municipality is immune from suit under Arkansas law, affirming the dismissal of the tort complaint.
Plaintiff sued the City of Little Rock for injuries sustained from the City's negligent placement of smudge pots. The District Court dismissed the com…
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PER CURIAM.
Katherine Lumpkin appeals from the District Court’s dismissal of her tort complaint against the City of Little Rock, Arkansas. She contends that the District Court erred in holding that the municipality is immune from suit under Arkansas law. Her complaint in this diversity action states that she was severely burned in 19581 by the City’s negligent placement of “smudge pots” containing hot oil near her home. The City moved to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). The District Court2 issued a memorandum and order dismissing the complaint because, under Arkansas law 3 on the date of the injury, tort actions against cities were barred by the doctrine of municipal immunity. We affirm the District Court’s dismissal on the basis of its memorandum.
Lumpkin also challenges the constitutionality of the Arkansas sovereign immunity doctrine. We find no merit in the challenge.
The order of the District Court is affirmed.
. Plaintiff, who was three years old at the time of her injury, filed her complaint the day before her twenty-first birthday.
. Honorable G. Thomas Eisele, Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Western Division.
. The parties agreed that Arkansas law was applicable to the action.