LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - A Blytheville, Ark., couple accused the Little Rock Baptist Health Medical Center of medical negligence in the Pulaski County Circuit Court.
According to the complaint filed on March 15, plaintiffs Bobbie Johnson underwent a gastric bypass reversal surgery at the defendant s facility on March 4, 2019. Two days after her procedure while still in recovery, Johnson says that hospital staff instructed her to get out of bed and squat on the floor over a bed pan to urinate when she informed them that she needed to use a restroom.
Johnson allegedly fell while trying to do this and as a result of her fall developed a leak in her recently-operated-on stomach that required an additional surgery to fix, as well as a knee injury.
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
The controversial $18 assessment that appeared on property tax bills for landowners in six north Arkansas counties beginning in 2018 is no longer being collected, but the legal battle isnt over.
More than $2 million was collected from landowners in Carroll, Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton and Searcy counties in 2018 and 2019 before a series of class-action lawsuits filed by Fayetteville attorneys Matt Bishop and Wendy Howerton resulted in judges declaring the fee illegal.
A hearing is scheduled Monday, May 10, in Pulaski County Circuit Court to determine what should happen with the money that was collected. The courthouse remains closed to the public because of COVID-19 protocols and only one attorney per client will be allowed inside the courtroom.
Thursday, April 15, 2021
The controversial $18 assessment that appeared on property tax bills for landowners in six north Arkansas counties beginning in 2018 is no longer being collected, but the legal battle isnt over.
More than $2 million was collected from landowners in Carroll, Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton and Searcy counties in 2018 and 2019 before a series of class-action lawsuits filed by Fayetteville attorneys Matt Bishop and Wendy Howerton resulted in judges declaring the fee illegal.
A hearing is scheduled Monday, May 10, in Pulaski County Circuit Court to determine what should happen with the money that was collected. The courthouse remains closed to the public because of COVID-19 protocols and only one attorney per client will be allowed inside the courtroom.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - The Union Pacific Railroad is facing a wrongful death and negligence suit in Arkansas regarding the death of former employee Robert Bennett by squamous cell carcinoma, which was allegedly caused by exposure to asbestos and other substances during his employment.
The suit was filed March 1 by attorney Paul Byrd on behalf of Mike Bennett, administrator of Robert Bennett’s estate, in Pulaski County Circuit Court.
Robert Bennett is alleged in the suit to have worked for Union Pacific from 1957 to 1961, and during that time to have been exposed to a variety of toxic substances, including asbestos, as a part of the work he did for the railroad.
A Little Rock woman is suing Florida company Valiant Consultants, Inc. and its founders related to allegations they defrauded her with an offer to build and run an online store through Amazon.com.