Bentonville Personal Injury Lawyer articles in category: Miscellaneous

The Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association announced today that, Sach Oliver is the recipient of the organization’s 2008 Outstanding Young Lawyer Award.

Recently, a new Chick-fil-A opened in Bentonville, Arkansas. The news claims the new restaurant has caused heavy traffic. I have driven by many Chick-fil-A restraunts and they do smell great and...

When someone loses a loved one, the last thing they want to do is fight with the insurance company over life insurance proceeds. The mean life insurance companies know this fact and unfortunately...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Our firm represents the family of a five year old girl who was sexually abused on her school bus on the way home from school in Marshall, Arkansas on November 8, 2007. On her ride home from school, two boys held down this young child and sexually assaulted her. Julie Munsell, a spokesperson for the Arkansas Department of Human Services said the State has yet to remove either boy from their...

Baseball, apple pie, and Wal-Mart-how much more American can you get? Yet the All-American Wal-Mart just recently made a potentially killer toy, Aqua Dots, one of its list of 12 top Christmas toys. How can we as consumers know that toys we buy our innocent children are potential killers? Aqua Dots are just the latest in a list of Chinese produced toys to be marked by the Consumer Product Safety...

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...