Miscellaneous

• How to Win a Trucking Accident Case

  Frank Bailey | March 26, 2008 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsEl Dorado , AR

  The trucking industry is governed by the statutory framework contained in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. If you have been injured in a trucking accident, chances are the truck violated one or more of these safety regulations.The safety regulations impose almost virtual strict liability on the trucking company to ensure that its drivers observe all the regulations and prohibitions...

• Trucking Companies Are Liable for Punitive Damage

  Frank Bailey | March 26, 2008 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  Punitive damages against trucking companies may be imposed to punish the trucking company and to deter the trucking company and others from similar conduct. In order to recover punitive damages from a trucking company in Arkansas, a plaintiff must show that the trucking company knew or ought to have known; in the light of the surrounding circumstances that its conduct would naturally and...

• Deadly Heparin

  Frank Bailey | March 24, 2008 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Pet food, children's toys, and now Heparin...all unsafe Chinese products. Investigators are trying to determine if the drug Heparin was deliberately contaminated with a fake ingredient resulting in up to 19 known deaths.We know Heparin is a commonly used blood thinner. All the ingredients come from China. Dr. Janet Woodcock, the Federal Drug Administration's deputy commissioner said it is...

• Arkansas Flooding Still A Grave Danger

  Jeanie Oliver | March 24, 2008 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  The skies are clear and no rain in the forecast. It would seem that the dangers of last week's rain had passed. Unfortunately, this is not the case for residents of the Arkansas "prairie" region in eastern Arkansas. The flash point centers around a break on Saturday in the 60-year old levee that held back the Black River in Northeast Arkansas.Flash flood watches were issued for this area of...

• When Doctors Remove The Wrong Kidney

  Frank Bailey | March 24, 2008 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsEl Dorado , AR

  Where is the shock? Again we read about a medical error, and nobody seems to be outraged. If airlines crashed as frequently as medical errors are made what would people do? We would be outraged! But doctors and hospitals continue to make errors with little accountability. When doctors at Methodist Hospital made a mistake by removing the healthy kidney from a cancer patient Dr. Samuel...

• MRSA Staph Infections

  Jeanie Oliver | March 18, 2008 3:34 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  An explanation of MRSA staph infections and how to prevent them is the subject of this article. MRSA is an acronym for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. This type of staph is one of fastest growing causes of preventable deaths in hospitals and health care facilities. The MRSA infection is one of the new "super" germs that are resistant to all but the most powerful drugs.The staph germ...

• Chantix-Wonder Drug Has Downside

  Jeanie Oliver | March 06, 2008 5:24 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Chantix, manufactured by Pfizer, was looked to by smokers as the answer to kicking a tough habit. It was approved by the FDA in 2006 as a drug to help people quit smoking. It acts in the parts of the brain affected by nicotine. Unfortunately, it appears that the dangers of the drug can't outweigh the positive chance to quit smoking.Investigators for the federal government are now researching...

• The Slayer's Rule or Suspicious Deaths Involving Life Insurance

  Sach Oliver | March 04, 2008 4:51 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  In Arkansas, and in many states, the Legislatures have passed a law that says: When a beneficiary to a life insurance policy wrongfully takes the life of the insured person, the beneficiary cannot collect the life insurance proceeds. If you know about or have a family member who has been suspiciously killed and life insurance is factor, read further...Our firm has handled cases on this issue....

• Arkansas Lawyers-Ideally You Win!

  Jeanie Oliver | March 03, 2008 10:12 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  I was finding myself bogging with the blogging!! Down, that is! A lot of research goes into all of my blogs because I am so often writing about issues that are damaging to the general public, and I want to be well-informed. It can get to be heavy-duty reading when one is reading for 2 hours a day about products or practices that have not taken responsibilityfor their actions or results. I began...

• Protect Your Constitutional Rights to Full Compensation

  Frank Bailey | February 22, 2008 2:41 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  If you have been injured, the Arkansas Legislature attempted in 2003 to limit your right to compensation to the amount of medical bills actually paid. For example if you had Medicare Insurance that paid a lower rate than the hospital charged, the legislation only required the wrongdoer to pay the lower amount. In effect this gave the wrongdoer the benefit of your insurance.Fortunately there...