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Arkansas Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

April 30, 2017

In its opinion delivered on March 29, 2017, the Arkansas Court of Appeals “(Appellate Court”) ruled that there was no error committed by the trial judge during a medical malpractice jury trial, and therefore affirmed the jury’s defense verdict. The Arkansas medical malpractice [...]

Arkansas Supreme Court Orders Arbitration In Nursing Home Case

March 12, 2016

In its opinion filed on February 18, 2016, the Supreme Court of Arkansas (“Arkansas Supreme Court”) overturned a lower court’s decision that the nursing home negligence claims brought by the plaintiff were not subject to arbitration pursuant to an arbitration agreement signed by t[...]

Arkansas Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Bowel Injury During Laparoscopic Abdominal Surgery

October 21, 2015

An Arkansas medical malpractice lawsuit was recently filed against an obstetrics and gynecology physician who allegedly injured the plaintiff’s bowel during laparoscopic surgery to remove her left ovary. The plaintiff alleges that her bowel injury was negligently unidentified when it happene[...]

Arkansas Court Of Appeals Denies Charitable Immunity To Nursing Home

September 28, 2015

In its decision filed on September 16, 2015, the Arkansas Court of Appeals (“Appellate Court”) overturned the trial court’s granting summary judgment to an Arkansas nursing home based on charitable immunity. The trial court had granted summary judgment to the defendant nursing hom[...]

$1.75M Arkansas Medical Malpractice Verdict

September 7, 2015

On August 27, 2015, an Arkansas medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1.75 million after the jury found that the defendant cardiologist had unnecessarily implanted a cardiac device in the woman in 2010. The Arkansas medical malpractice jury trial[...]

Arkansas Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

February 6, 2015

On January 12, 2015, an Arkansas medical malpractice jury determined that a Mountain Home, Arkansas physician was not at fault for the death of a 45-year-old patient in 2005. The jury took less than one hour after six days of trial to return its verdict in favor of the physician. The Arkansas med[...]

Former Arkansas Judge Pleads Guilty To Accepting Bribe To Reduce Nursing Home Negligence Verdict

January 16, 2015

A former Arkansas circuit judge has pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe from a nursing home owner to reduce a nursing home negligence jury verdict, from $5.2 million to $1 million. The businessman who owned the nursing home had financed several political action committees that donated to the jud[...]

Arkansas Appeals Court Rejects Nursing Home’s Attempt To Compel Arbitration

November 20, 2014

On November 19, 2014, the Arkansas Court of Appeals (“Appeals Court”) affirmed the trial court’s denial of a nursing home’s motion to compel arbitration of medical negligence and wrongful death claims filed by the deceased resident’s wife on behalf of his estate regardi[...]

Arkansas Medical Malpractice Verdict For Alleged Birth Injury

October 2, 2014

It took an Arkansas medical malpractice jury only 18 minutes of deliberations before returning a defense verdict in a birth injury medical malpractice case that was tried over a 12-day period. The Arkansas medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that a newborn suffered serious and permanent brain dama[...]

Arkansas Supreme Court Refuses To Enforce Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement

September 28, 2014

On September 11, 2014, the Supreme Court of Arkansas (“Arkansas Supreme Court”) issued its opinion in a case where an Arkansas nursing home attempted to enforce the arbitration agreement it placed in the admission documents for a nursing home resident. The nursing home attempted to comp[...]

Arkansas Supreme Court Overturns $1.2B Risperdal Verdict

March 23, 2014

In its written opinion dated March 20, 2014, the Supreme Court of Arkansas (“Arkansas Supreme Court”) overturned a $1.2 billion verdict against Johnson & Johnson (“J & J”) arising out of the alleged improper marketing of its antipsychotic drug, Risperdal. The Arkans[...]

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