InjuryBoard Little Rock Archives

• Backover Injuries to Little Children

  Staff Writer | December 28, 2005 1:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Childhood accidents continue to be the most common cause of death in children older than 1 year of age. Until children are old enough to leave home, most accidents will occur in the vicinity of the home. One danger zone many parents don’’t think about is the driveway. It has been said that "back-over" incidents killed 91 children in 2003. The number of injuries from back-over incidents is...

• Truck Drivers need to Share the Road

  Staff Writer | December 22, 2005 12:25 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  ROGERS, ARKANSAS - Imagine driving from Bentonville to Little Rock. Now imagine doing that 12,600 times in an 80,000 pound vehicle and never causing an accident or getting into a fender bender. Wal-Mart truck driver Danny Ewell, who has logged 2.7 million miles without a preventable accident, was on hand Thursday at a safety event to help other drivers avert danger. "You actually won't be able...

• Very Large Settlement for Birth Injury

  Staff Writer | December 21, 2005 10:02 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The Law Offices of Peter Miller, working in concert with Attorney Robert Bodoin in Fort Worth, Texas, settled a birth injury case for a very significant undisclosed amount. Although the settlement agreement required the non-disclosure of the parties and the specifics of the case, the basic information is as follows:During the delivery process, the infant started regestering distress. The OB/GYN...

• Little Rock Car Accident Kills One

  Staff Writer | December 16, 2005 2:35 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  One man was killed and another injured Thursday in a North Little Rock motor vehicle accident on North Hills Boulevard.According to authorities, speeding was a factor in the one-car accident in which the car went out of control and slammed into a wooden power pole. The impact snapped the pole in two just above ground level.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports:Sharon Carr, a witness, was...

• Birth Injuries And Language Barriers

  Staff Writer | December 12, 2005 10:39 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Bob Carroll, a colleague in the Tampa Bay area, provides an interesting post on his blog regarding a Florida case in which a non-english-speaking expectant mother may not have received the proper standard of care during the delivery of her son. I agree with Bob when he says,The standard of care provided to an expectant mother regarding delivery should not be lowered because she does not speak...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Jurors Tour Accident Site

  Staff Writer | December 07, 2005 10:14 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  Jurors in a wrongful death lawsuit toured the facility yesterday where a teenager died when he was crushed by a recycling paper and cardboard baler. Jordan Dalrymple was on his next-to-last day on the job at Jefferson County Landfill and Recycling Center in Pine Bluff when he was trying to clear a jammed conveyor belt on the baler and fell into the hopper where the machine's compactor crushed...

• Truck Accident Claims Man Bound For Little Rock

  Staff Writer | December 01, 2005 10:59 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  A tractor trailer accident killed a Kansas man today when the semi he was driving crashed into an overpass pillar on interstate 540 in Crawford County. Armin Brandhorst, a resident of Green, KS was hauling 90 hogs to Little Rock when authorities think he fell asleep at the wheel. Troopers believe Brandhorst overcorrected when he awoke to realize his vehicle was leaving the road.Law officers...