Arkansas $5.2 Million Nursing Home Verdict May Be Uncollectible
May 19, 2013
On May 16, 2013, a medical malpractice jury in Faulkner County, Arkansas returned a unanimous verdict against a local nursing home in the amount of $5.2 million after determining that the nursing home had been negligent in its care and treatment of an elderly female resident. The resident died at[...]
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What Is Medical Malpractice? (Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri)
September 11, 2012
What is medical malpractice? Here are the “official” definitions of medical malpractice from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri: Arkansas Arkansas Code, 16-114-206. Burden of proof. (a) In any action for medical injury, when the asserted negligence does not lie within the jury’s co[...]
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