Latest Arkansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arkansas Justices Toss Medical Liability Limit Proposal from November Ballot
Oct 14 2016 // Arkansas’ Supreme Court said that voters won’t be able to consider award limits in medical liability cases because the language outlining the plan on the November ballot doesn’t fully describe what the...
Arkansas Insurance Fraud Convictions Result in Fines, Restitution
Oct 12 2016 // The Arkansas Insurance Department has announced recent statewide insurance fraud convictions that stipulate fines and restitution. They are: Frederick Randle, 46 of England, pleaded guilty in Pulaski County Circuit Court...
LCTA Workers’ Comp Expands to Mississippi and Arkansas
Oct 11 2016 // LCTA Workers’ Comp announced that it will be expanding its geographic reach to include Mississippi and Arkansas. LCTA at the start of the month began writing lines of workers’ comp coverage to...
Arkansas-Based Tyson Foods to Pay $1.6M to Settle Hiring Charges
Oct 6 2016 // Tyson Foods Inc., will pay $1.6 million to settle federal allegations of hiring discrimination at six plants in Arkansas, New Mexico and Texas. Tyson and the U.S. Labor Department announced the deal on Oct. 4. The agency...
Study: Arkansas Roads, Bridges Need $750M in Repairs
Oct 4 2016 // The aging transportation infrastructure in Arkansas needs $750 million to make critical repairs, according to a recent study that identified bridges in danger of collapse and once-paved roads that have been reduced to...
Arkansas Woman Sentenced to 3 Years in Jail for Insurance Fraud
Sep 29 2016 // A Little Rock, Arkansas, woman has been sentenced to a three-year prison sentence after being convicted of felony insurance fraud in a case involving a reported car accident involving a U-Haul rental vehicle. The Arkansas...
Rash of Property, Auto Fires in Arkansas Town Thought to Be Arson
Sep 27 2016 // Police in Helena-West Helena, Ark., say six separate fires that caused about $120,000 in property damage are being investigated as arson. The first occurred on Friday close to a public housing development where...
2 New Insurers Approved to Operate in Arkansas
Sep 27 2016 // The Arkansas Insurance Department announced that two companies have been approved to begin offering insurance products in the state. Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has granted authority to Motorists Life...
US Agency: Exxon Trying to Dodge Blame for Arkansas Leak
Sep 26 2016 // Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. is trying to “escape responsibility” for not considering that a pipeline that ruptured in Arkansas was susceptible to seam failure despite a history of such problems, according to a...
Arkansas Judge: Investors Can Sue Wal-Mart as Group Over Mexico Bribe Claim
Sep 22 2016 // An Arkansas judge has ruled Wal-Mart Stores Inc. investors may bring fraud claims against the retailer as a group, clearing a hurdle in a lawsuit over bribes it allegedly paid to help open new stores in Mexico. The ruling...
Senate Candidate Eldridge, Arkansas Democrats Back Medical Marijuana
Sep 1 2016 // Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Conner Eldridge has endorsed legalizing medical marijuana, a move that comes days after Arkansas Democrats voted to support making the drug available to some patients. But both Eldridge and...
Group Asks Arkansas Court Asked to Block Measure on Medical Lawsuit Caps
Aug 30 2016 // A group opposed to a ballot proposal that would place limits on damages in medical lawsuits asked Arkansas’ highest court to block voting on the proposed constitutional amendment in November. Fairness for Arkansans,...
Arkansas Judge: Hospital Can’t Be Blamed in Suit Over Woman’s Medical Records
Aug 29 2016 // An Arkansas judge has ruled the hospital where a TV anchor died can’t be blamed for the wrongdoing of two former hospital workers who illegally looked at her medical records after she was hospitalized. The Arkansas...
Protecting Vehicles from Cyberattacks Focus of U. of Arkansas Project
Aug 22 2016 // In 2015, two researchers remotely hacked a Jeep Cherokee being driven by a reporter who documented how the researchers controlled everything from the car’s radio and media console to its brakes and steering. For Dr....
Limits on Non-Economic Medical Damages to Be on Arkansas Ballot
Aug 8 2016 // Arkansas voters this fall will be allowed to consider a constitutional amendment that would limit non-economic damages in lawsuits against healthcare providers and set a limit on contingency fees lawyers could receive in...
$45M Settlement Proposed in Arkansas Tobacco Lawsuit
Aug 8 2016 // Attorneys for cigarette smokers and for tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris USA have agreed to a $45 million settlement of a lawsuit over the marketing of Marlboro Lights in Arkansas. The settlement was submitted to Pulaski...
$45M Settlement Proposed in Arkansas Tobacco Lawsuit
Aug 1 2016 // Attorneys for cigarette smokers and for tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris USA have agreed to a $45 million settlement of a lawsuit over the marketing of Marlboro Lights in Arkansas. The settlement was submitted to Pulaski...
Arkansas Doctor Gets 2-Year Sentence in Insurance Fraud Case
Jul 27 2016 // A Little Rock, Ark., doctor whose clinic improperly billed massage therapy services as physical therapy has received two years in prison and has been ordered to pay insurers and patients more than $700,000 in...
$1.5M Recovered for Arkansas Insurance Consumers in First Half of 2016
Jul 25 2016 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr says the Consumer Services Division (CSD) of the Arkansas Insurance Department recovered $1,580,421 for Arkansas insurance customers in the first six months of 2016. By...
2 New Insurers Approved for Doing Business in Arkansas
Jul 20 2016 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has approved two new out-of-state insurers to do business in the state. Medical Liability Alliance (MLA) of Jefferson City, Mo., has been granted authority to offer casualty...
