Financial hardships can affect anyone from professionals with high incomes to individuals who earn minimum wage. Likewise, financial recovery is possible with determination and discipline. Although the process actually begins before you file, bankruptcy can provide people struggling with high debt and other financial setbacks a viable path toward a financial fresh start. The first … Read more
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High credit card balances, unemployment rates and bank foreclosures on homes all lead to a high volume of people filing for bankruptcy protection. Some experts predicted that bankruptcy filings will increase in 2013. Bankruptcy court records reported 520 new petitions in the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas in 2013. In addition, this slight but … Read more
The news that Back Yard Burgers is closing eight of its Arkansas locations as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing hit some burger fans pretty hard. But what is Chapter 11 bankruptcy and how does it work? A Chapter 11 bankruptcy usually results in a reorganization of a struggling company’s assets and debts in … Read more
Under Arkansas law, if a person suffers from an occupational disease and is disabled or dies as a result of their condition, the employee or his survivors are entitled to workers’ compensation payments just like they would be if the worker was injured on the job. In order to qualify, the disease needs to be … Read more
Under Arkansas law, if a person suffers from an occupational disease and is disabled or dies as a result of their condition, the employee or his survivors are entitled to workers’ compensation payments just like they would be if the worker was injured on the job. In order to qualify, the disease needs to be … Read more
The fungal meningitis outbreak that began in October of 2012 caused a well-founded scare among patients nationwide and resulted in 39 deaths and 620 illnesses. Fungal meningitis results in inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord and is potentially fatal. Some Arkansas hospitals and clinics had received medications from the New England … Read more
A budding mathematics teacher whose father was paralyzed following a bad car crash. A straight-A student whose mother was paralyzed in a factory accident. A future mechanic whose father contracted a pulmonary illness from exposure to toxic chemicals at work. Will these promising students be forced to give up their dreams of attending college and … Read more
We often hear in the news of wealthy people declaring bankruptcy. Can someone earn millions of dollars and still declare bankruptcy? It all depends on the individual’s circumstances. One of the primary purposes of bankruptcy is to discharge or cancel certain debts to give an honest debtor a “fresh start.” In such cases, the debtor … Read more
Medical malpractice lawsuits were hampered when Arkansas passed a tort reform law in 2003. But in a boon for victims of malpractice, the state Supreme Court has gradually declared many parts of that law unconstitutional. In one recent decision, the Supreme Court overturned the requirement that an expert witness must practice in the same field … Read more
According to the Arkansas State Police Report from 2010, there were fewer vehicle crashes overall in 2010 than in 2009. There were also less fatal crashes and deaths on Arkansas public roads in 2010 than in any year in the previous decade. Although alcohol and drug-related crashes made up only seven percent of all crashes … Read more
