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wrongful death beneficiary

A wrongful death beneficiary is a person the law allows to receive compensation when someone dies because of another party's negligence, misconduct, or other legally wrongful...

wrongful death damage cap

People often confuse a wrongful death damage cap with wrongful death damages themselves. Wrongful death damages are the money losses a court or insurer may recognize after a...

How much can a Fayetteville wrongful death claim pay?

When a city-owned truck kills a pedestrian in Fayetteville, the money question depends first on who is legally allowed to bring which claim.

ARTICLE by Donna Suggs

Insurance companies and defense lawyers often use this phrase to shrink a death claim down to dollars on paper. They may argue there is little or no recovery because the person...

Second wreck in a year, and now the truck insurer says one missed form wipes out everything

A Springdale electrician with no health insurance after a layoff gets hit by a commercial truck, then the insurer buries the claim under technical demands and a denial.

ARTICLE by Rhonda Whitfield

i got hit by a wrong-way driver in Bentonville and comp won't approve surgery

A Bentonville commuter got wrecked by a wrong-way driver on an off-ramp, and now the workers' comp carrier is refusing the surgery her doctor says she needs.

ARTICLE by Bobby Clanton

strict liability

Do I have to prove the other side was careless, or is causing the harm enough? In some cases, causing the harm is enough. Strict liability is a rule that makes a person or...

respondeat superior

A rule of vicarious liability makes an employer legally responsible for harm caused by an employee who was acting within the scope of employment when the act occurred. The...

eggshell plaintiff rule

A defendant takes the injured person as they find them, which means they are on the hook for the full harm they cause even if the victim was unusually fragile, already sick, or...

contributory negligence

Did I do something that could reduce what I recover after an accident? That is the basic idea behind contributory negligence: a rule that looks at whether an injured person...

A dark traffic light can wreck your case if you guess wrong

When a signal goes dark in Jonesboro and there are no witnesses, the fight usually turns into proof, timing, and whether anybody besides the other driver can be pinned down.

ARTICLE by Donna Suggs

passenger in a Little Rock pileup and now an old MRI is wrecking the claim

A hurt passenger in a near-zero-visibility wreck can usually claim against more than one driver's insurance in Arkansas, and an old MRI does not let insurers pretend the crash changed nothing.

ARTICLE by Marcus Jefferson

Your child seemed fine in Conway traffic - that fast settlement can wreck the next year

A quick check at the ER is not the same thing as knowing what your child's injuries will look like two weeks from now, especially if the other driver has no insurance or a junk policy.

ARTICLE by Dale Honeycutt

Insurance flat-out denied your Jonesboro pileup claim? That usually means a blame fight is coming

A straight answer on why Arkansas insurers deny chain-reaction crash claims, what "sudden braking" turns into in a blame fight, and what matters if you were hit in a Jonesboro highway pileup.

ARTICLE by Rhonda Whitfield

A breach of duty happens when a person or company fails to act with the level of care that the law requires under the circumstances. In a negligence case, this is the step that...

gross negligence

What makes carelessness bad enough to count as more than an ordinary mistake? Gross negligence is conduct that shows a serious lack of care - more than simple negligence, and...

People often confuse negligence with recklessness, but they are not the same. Negligence means failing to use reasonable care under the circumstances - doing something...

vicarious liability

Often confused with direct liability, vicarious liability is responsibility imposed on one person or entity for the wrongful act of another, even when the first party did not...

comparative negligence

Miss this idea after a crash or worksite injury, and a claim that looks solid can shrink fast - or disappear entirely. Comparative negligence is the rule courts and insurance...

Jonesboro crash on I-555 and you just learned Medicare wants its cut first

An older crash victim in Jonesboro is dealing with a broke uninsured delivery driver, Medicare repayment, and the ugly timing problem that can drain a settlement fast.

ARTICLE by Bobby Clanton