Miscellaneous

• Cave Springs Farmer Wins National Award

  Jeanie Oliver | February 11, 2008 5:59 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  I most often use this space to write about topics that are distressing and life-threatening. It is, therefore, so refreshing to write about a local farmer who has used ingenuity and creativity to win a national Farm Bureau award.James Simpson, a farmer from Cave Springs, a small community in Benton county in northwest Arkansas, developed a double bale spike which allows a large tractor to move...

• Taser Guns and Death

  Jeanie Oliver | February 09, 2008 11:54 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  How can shooting someone with a devise that delivers 50,000 volts of electrical charge be anything but controversial? Taser guns are gaining such popularity that people are having parties in thier homes to sell Taser guns. The potential for death as a result of the shock is great, yet there are few or no regulatory measures being taken with the guns.The ACLU,www.aclu.org, issued a report, "Stun...

• Avandia -Serious Side Effects

  Jeanie Oliver | February 09, 2008 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  Have you taken Avandia for treatment of type 2 diabetes? Unfortunately, this drug, once seen as the number one treatment for type 2 diabetes can have disastrous side effects. Since the drug was approved by the FDA, this agency has been monitoring its heart-related side effects.These side effects include fluid retention, edema, and congestive heart failure. Data has shown in controlled clinical...

• Duragesic Patch-Fentanyl Overdose Possible

  Jeanie Oliver | February 04, 2008 11:25 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  The Duragesic Patch malfunction is not new to medical news. The frightening aspect of this medical devise is that it continues to be a danger to patients. The patch, most often prescribed to patients with intense chronic pain, perhaps because of cancer or car wrecks, can malfunction because of acknowledged manufacturing defects.The defective patches leak the potent narcotic fentanyl directly...

• Allstate Punished in Florida

  Jeanie Oliver | January 22, 2008 6:56 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  Wow, Allstate has been hit hard in another state. Florida has decided that the company will not be allowed to sell new auto policies in the state until the company complies with court-issued subpoenas to bring forth documents. These documents cover 59 areas concerning Allstate's policies on the way it sets its rates. Allstate has been commanded by law to bring forth this information. It has...

• Tort Reform Leads to Poor Patient Care

  Jeanie Oliver | January 17, 2008 5:31 PM | 0 CommentsEl Dorado , AR

  Texas was used as the model child for the proponents of tort reform. However over the past few years Texas and other states that have enacted tort reform laws have been shown to have poorer healthcare systems.Research has shown that 69% of the states that put limits on patients' access to the courts to hold the medical profession accountable have the the poorest overall healthcare systems. It is...

• Stop Hazing Now

  Frank Bailey | January 16, 2008 3:55 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Can you believe the reactions Sigma Sigma Sigma members had to HAZING. It these members knew of the grief, the danger, the lives lost due to hazing they surely would take this more seriously. Engaging in drinking parties is dangerous. Underage drinking kills.The National Chapter should be applauded for suspending the Chapter for these violent acts of hazing. When will this plight on our...

• Focus Group Jurors- Deliberations

  Jeanie Oliver | January 16, 2008 3:22 PM | 0 CommentsEl Dorado , AR

  Wouldn't you as an attorney love to be a fly on the wall of the jury room during deliberations? You can come close if you choose Bailey and Oliver Law Firm to conduct a focus group for your case. The process that juries go through to reach a verdict are vital to understanding how to get that decision to be in your favor!There are four concepts that I will address here. Unanimity, monitoring,...

• American Airlines-You Can Fly -Stay On Until You Do!

  Jeanie Oliver | January 03, 2008 1:47 PM | 0 CommentsEl Dorado , AR

  I want to clarify one point up front for this blog. I am claustiphobic!! If I weren't, I would be after learning that American Airlines will literally not let you off the plane! A reasonable person would expect that if a plane has been grounded for bad weather, then the customer can decide that they just don't want to be on that plane.American Airlines representatives have said in the past that...

• Cave Springs Cattleman Headed to New Orleans

  Jeanie Oliver | January 03, 2008 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  James Simpson, a local Cave Springs cattleman, has inventing on his mind. Mr. Simpson is one of two Farm Bureau members from the state being honored this month in New Orleans. New Orleans is the site of 2008's American Farm Bureau Convention. James was chosen for the '08 Farmer Idea Exchange for his farm implement "idea". He developed a 'double bale spike'. He and Charles Adamson from Forrest...