InjuryBoard Little Rock

The Medicare funding package proposed by President Bush includes another attempt to severely limit the rights of injured patients to hold negligent doctors and hospitals accountable. I like to call...

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Hardly a day passes when there is not another injustice due to arbitrary caps on damages placed there by legislators without looking at the facts of the case. Just today I read about a birth injury...

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An article in the New York Times outlines how LeRoy Hubley lost his wife and son from an allergic reaction to contaminated heparin. The FDA believes the contamination was deliberate but they have...

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So the insurance company said you were faking your injuries. There’s a new test defense lawyers are trying to use to show people with legitimate injuries are faking. It’s called the “fake bad...

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The recent grounding of American Airlines’ planes is yet another reminder to me of how large corporations will cut corners for profit. Recently, my law partner, Sach Oliver, and I attended a...

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As more and more people enter nursing homes, falls become more prevalent. Here are some ways Nursing Homes can prevent those falls: 1. Exercise is extremely important. Tai Chi or Yoga can be...

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A breakthrough in autism litigation may open the door for parents who have autistic children to recover for their child's injuries. The government has reached a settlement with Terry and Jon Poling and conceded that the facts of that case meet the statutory criteria for demonstrating that the vaccinations their child received on July 19, 2000, significantly aggravated an underlying...

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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...

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Motor vehicle accidents cause herniated disc. A disc is a structure that is found between the spinal vertebral bodies from the neck to the tailbone. Discs serves as cushions and help your spine move. A disc is composed of two parts the central part and the outer part. When someone is a car accident where the back is injured, it is common for them to suffer a herniated disc. A herniated disc is...

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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...

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