Ark. Code Ann. § 23-12-903: Parties to actions for personal injuries

When any adult person is wounded by railroad trains running in this state, he or she may sue in his or her own name. When the person wounded is a minor, the father, if living, or if the father is not living, then the mother, or if neither parent is living, then the guardian may sue for and recover such damages as the court or jury trying the case may assess.