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Wrongful death lawsuit says train shot car into the air, landing on woman
MENA, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - Sisters fled a car trapped on railroad tracks only for the train to strike the auto in such a way it landed on one of them and killed her, an Arkansas lawsuit says. -
Lawsuit: Play workbench sliced my kid's fingertip off
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - A lawsuit has followed a 2-year-old having the tip of his finger sliced off by a play workbench. -
Youth sexual abuse alleged at Arkansas facility
BENTON, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - A youth residential facility in Arkansas faces a civil lawsuit brought by eight individuals accusing staff there of sexual abuse. -
Arkansas preschool faces lawsuit over convicted child molester
FORT SMITH, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - An Arkansas preschool faces a lawsuit that says it allowed a convicted child molester to continue assaulting minors. -
Woman seeks emotional damages after landlord destroys her plants
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - A new Arkansas lawsuit wants a landlord to pay damages for taking a tenant's plants off her patio. -
Demeaning and sexual punishments alleged at Arkansas high school
VAN BUREN, Ark. (Legal Newsline) – An Arkansas high school student says she was made to bend over in a sexually suggestive manner to scrub an entire gym floor with a towel. -
Wrongful death lawsuit filed after carbon monoxide leak in apartment kills two
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) — A lawsuit blames an apartment complex for the deaths of two men from a carbon monoxide leak. -
Parents sue daycare over 9-month-old's broken leg
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (Legal Newsline) — An Arkansas lawsuit alleges staff at a daycare in Hot Springs allowed a 9-month-old child to be checked out by someone other than his parents, and that he was later found to have a broken leg. -
Arkansas judge faces civil lawsuit over alleged sexual harassment, also up against criminal charges
YELLVILLE, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - A civil lawsuit has followed criminal charges against an Arkansas judge accused of public sexual indecency. -
Minors sue Dollar General, say it humiliated them on Facebook
HUNTSVILLE, Ark. (Legal Newsline) — Some light roughhousing was no need to shame them on social media, a group of Arkansas minors is saying in a lawsuit against Dollar General. -
DWI lawyer sues Ark. city over lack of video of client's arrest
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) — An Arkansas lawyer is suing a city, accusing it of withholding evidence pertaining to his client. -
Dish Network faces wrongful death lawsuit after installer murders customer
WARREN, Ark. (Legal Newsline) — Dish Network and a subcontractor are facing a lawsuit after an employee murdered a woman in her Arkansas home after installing a satellite system. -
Fathers Day tragedy leads to lawsuit over 7-year-old's death
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - A dad whose seven-year-old son died on a Fathers Day vacation in Arkansas is suing The Nature Conservancy. -
Lawsuit: Drunk driver wrecked cemetery in quest to visit father's grave
JONESBORO, Ark. (Legal Newsline) — An Arkansas man who allegedly drove through a cemetery while intoxicated on two different occasions and caused extensive damage to headstones and landscaping is facing a lawsuit, in addition to criminal charges. -
Lawsuit: Cigarette causes fire fiasco at burial of man who committed suicide
FORT SMITH, Ark. (Legal Newsline) — A man is suing an Arkansas funeral home after an employee allegedly nearly caused his brother's casket and remains to catch on fire during the burial. -
Poultry plant worker sues maker of heater over explosion, severe burns
NASHVILLE, Ark. (Legal Newsline) — A Tyson Poultry worker is claiming negligence against the manufacturers of a fluid heater used at an Arkansas plant after he suffered burns in an explosion. -
Lawsuit: Worker's face sprayed with sodium hydroxide, skin came off on towel as he wiped it off
CONWAY, Ark. (Legal Newsline) — A chemical transport company worker who suffered first- and second-degree burns due to improper hose connections is claiming negligence in an Arkansas lawsuit. -
No HIPAA violation for reporting airman's meth use, court rules
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - A former Air Force airman who told a social worker he was suicidal, drank a fifth of vodka a day and had used methamphetamines has no case against a hospital for disclosing his drug use to a superior officer, an Arkansas court ruled. -
Civil cases say Arkansas Medical Board chair held patients to drain insurance
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - Lawsuits are rolling in against a prominent Arkansas psychiatrist accused of essentially holding patients hostage until their insurance ran out. -
Sex trafficking lawsuit says 6-year-old was raped, contracted HIV
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) — A Home 2 Suites is facing a negligence claim after a minor was allegedly a victim of human trafficking at its hotel in Little Rock, Ark.