Automobile Accidents

• Early Treatment for Whiplash Injuries Improves Results

  Sach Oliver | April 02, 2008 10:02 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  After someone has been in a car accident, the chances are high they suffered a hyperextension/ hyperflexion injury or more commonly known as whiplash. Studies have shown the sooner the person seeks...

• Seatbelts Can Fail

  Frank Bailey | February 27, 2008 4:00 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  As much as we depend on seatbelts to save lives, you would think seatbelts would never fail. This is not always true. A jury in West Palm Beach Florida ordered Mitsubishe to pay $11,000,000 in damages to the parents of their 25 year old son Scott, who died after being partially ejected from a SUV made by Mitsubishi.Attorneys representing the family argued that Mitsubishi sold the SUV even...

• Car Crash Not Always Driver's Fault

  Drew Dixon | February 21, 2008 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  There were nearly 6,420,000 auto wrecks in the United States in 2005. Of those 6,420,000 wrecks more than 2,900,000 people were injured and 42,636 people were killed. That means that every ten seconds someone in the United States is involved in a car wreck. Most often those wrecks are the result of driver negligence due to the driver's failure to obey traffic laws, use of a cell phone, or use...

• Too Many Buses Are Crashing

  Frank Bailey | January 09, 2008 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Recently a bus crashed in Arkansas killing three passengers. The bus which was headed to Dallas, Texas and coming from Milwaukee. The driver had been driving straight for seventeen hours without sleep. There were forty-six passengers on that bus when it crossed the grassy median 12 miles east of Forrest City, Arkansas at 10:10 p.m. on November 25.The bus struck a pickup, killing its driver,...

• Tornado Bus Line Wreck-Justice Makes a Beginning

  Jeanie Oliver | January 04, 2008 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  The passengers and families of the dead in the November Tornado Bus Line wreck can begin to hope for justice. Information was released yesterday, January 3, 2008, that announced that the driver of the bus, Felix B. Tapia was being charged with four counts of negligent homocide.Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division were granted a warrant for the driver when...

• Connective Tissue Injury and the Trial Attorney

  Frank Bailey | December 19, 2007 3:16 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  In the past it was thought that connective tissue injuries resulting from a rear end collision did not ever heal. Now new evidence suggests that Chiropractic treatment combined with good nutrition can support healing in some cases.Often victims of rear end collisions have neck pain associated with headaches within the first few hours following a wreck. Allopathic physicians like those found in...

• Monette Woman Dies after Collision in Jonesboro

  Sach Oliver | November 21, 2007 4:55 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  Elaine Fowler, 42, of Monette was killed Friday in a collision on U.S. 49 in Jonesboro. Fowler was driving her Buick LeSabre north at 2:21p.m. when she crossed into a southbound lane and struck a Ford Explorer. Kris James of Black Rock was a passenger in Fowler's car and was taken to St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, where he was in stable condition on Sunday. The driver of...

• SUV's and Product Liability - Lawyer

  Sach Oliver | November 13, 2007 9:42 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  "Sport Utility Vehicles" (SUV's) have become increasingly popular. It has been estimated that SUV's comprise 25% or more of new car sales, as opposed to only 2% in 1985. Unfortunately, serious questions have been raised about the safety of SUV's. The potential danger does not appear to have impeded the growth of SUV popularity, nor deterred many people from purchasing SUV's, but has spawned a...

• Pupil Transportation Safety - School Bus Accident - Lawyer

  Sach Oliver | November 09, 2007 1:24 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  When a child is crossing in front of a school bus, the bus driver is supposed to have mirrors to see the child. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 111 requires such mirrors for the safety of our children. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 111 says "This standard specifies requirements for the performance and location of inside and outside rearview mirrors. Its purpose is to reduce the...

• Life Lost in Motorcycle Wreck in Northeast Arkansas

  Sach Oliver | October 30, 2007 6:29 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Hurshel Bentley, 57, was killed in a wreck in Fulton County on October 21. Mr. Bentley died when he lost control of his motorcycle on Highway 62-412 west of Salem. His 2005 Suzuki crossed the center line while attempting to negotiate a curve, hitting another vehicle in the opposite lane head on.At the point of impact, Bentley was thrown from his motorcycle into the west bound lane at which...