{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-16-118-114","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 16-118-114","heading":"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","body":"(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. Added by Act 2017, No. 952,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017.\n\n(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.\n\n(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\n\n(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.\n\n(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.","path":["AR Code","Title 16","Chapter 118"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"a78087e531b29817c1db7f08e2b47ca1def2ed5ca4df50fc641e5fdc5ec22533","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-16-118-113","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-16-118-115"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}