Arkansas Court Of Appeals
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Michigan lawyers can't file notice of med-mal case, Arkansas court says
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - Out-of-state lawyers had no authority to file a notice of a medical malpractice lawsuit in Arkansas, a state appeals court ruled. -
City's decision to not carry insurance helps it defeat wrongful death lawsuit
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - A man who sued the City of Pine Bluff, Ark. over a fatal car collision with a fallen tree has no case because the city didn’t carry liability insurance, an appeals court has ruled. -
Arkansas Medicaid officials can't second-guess FDA on drug for rare childhood disease
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - Arkansas Medicaid officials overstepped their authority when they refused to authorize prescriptions for a Food and Drug Administration-approved drug for treating a rare childhood disease, an appeals court ruled. -
Entergy must hand over report on worker killed when 500-ton piece of machinery fell on him
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - The mother of a young man who was killed when a 500-ton turbine component fell from a crane at an Entergy nuclear plant can obtain the utility’s internal review of the accident, an Arkansas appeals court ruled. -
Nursing home can't compel arbitration in resident's death, Arkansas appeals court rules
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) – The Arkansas Court of Appeals has upheld a circuit court ruling that denied a nursing home’s attempt to compel arbitration rather than proceed with a jury trial in a wrongful death lawsuit. -
Arkansas court says former Hot Springs employee's appeal 'failed to correct previous deficiencies'
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) – Rebriefing has been ordered by an Arkansas appeals court in a former city of Hot Springs employee's lawsuit over his termination because his brief was not in compliance with state court rules. -
New Jersey man fights to keep his house, seeks reversal of $12.5M ruling in junk fax suit
A New Jersey man whose business is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy and who might lose his home is fighting a $12.5 million judgment against him in an Arkansas court because of what he maintains was the innocent sending of a single fax. -
Arkansas Court of Appeals upholds termination of teacher who allegedly slapped students
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) – A teacher from Northridge Middle School lost her appeal against the Van Buren School Board and has had her termination upheld after allegedly slapping two students. -
Calif. court reverses order for former Lifetech employee to pay $137,000 in attorneys' fees
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A contract employee for Lifetech Resources LLC no longer has to pay $137,000 in attorneys' fees after asking for his breach of contract suit to be dismissed. -
Arkansas Court of Appeals reverses order for Entergy to produce documents to allegedly injured worker
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) – The Arkansas Court of Appeals has reversed a decision by the Pope County Circuit Court that granted a man allegedly injured in a nuclear plant accident to receive root-cause evaluations as part of written discovery.