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• A Second Opinion is a First-Rate Idea

  Ryan Scott | January 23, 2009 3:06 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  If you are anything like me, getting a first opinion from doctor is a big step in its own right. However, we see more and more that a second opinion can be invaluable to the safety of our clients....

• Why Choose Our Firm

  Sach Oliver | January 05, 2009 3:30 PM | 4 CommentsBentonville , AR

  Every Monday morning we have a meeting to discuss our goals we intend on accomplishing for each of our clients that week. The meeting gets started early, sometimes as early as 6:30am. After we had...

• Watch Out For Black Ice

  Sach Oliver | December 05, 2008 4:04 PM | 1 CommentBentonville , AR

  This last week, we had black ice in Northwest Arkansas. There were so many wrecks on the interstate that I felt I should at least blog on this scary and invisible danger. Black ice is a thin...

• Trials, Trials, and more Trials

  Sach Oliver | November 25, 2008 6:14 PM | 3 CommentsBentonville , AR

  Wow! In the last month, our firm has tried two four day jury trials and been blessed with wonderful verdicts for our clients. One of the trials was in Melbourne, Arkansas and the other was in Little...

• Tractor-trailer Rig Causes Death

  Frank Bailey | July 01, 2008 2:37 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  Not a day passes we don’t hear of an innocent person killed by someone’s negligence. Just yesterday a Harrison woman was killed when the rear axle of a tractor-trailer came off, crossed the center...

• Arkansas Nursing Homes Participate in National Campaign

  Drew Dixon | April 21, 2008 5:15 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  Recently all 239 nursing homes in Arkansas participated in a national campaign intended to make life better for residents of their facilities. Arkansas appears to be the only state to achieve total participation in the campaign called "Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes."

• Abuse Ignores Age

  Drew Dixon | February 21, 2008 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  The National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) routinely collects data and information regarding nursing home residents and instances of nursing home abuse. Once the information is collected the NCEA compiles the information and releases statistics regarding abuse in nursing homes and other care giving facilities in the United States. However, the NCEA cannot determine just how many older Americans...

• 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...

• Lawyers and Underage Drinking

  Frank Bailey | November 14, 2007 4:43 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  The statistics roll on, mind-numbing, relentless; x number killed, xx number seriously injured, wives widowed, children orphaned, lives destroyed. Public outrage waxes and wanes with the day's headlines, as if the problem of underage drinking is any better today than it was yesterday. But lawyers know the truth. We know every day brings more tragedy. We see the anguish of the victims in our...

• 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...