$1.5 million settlement reached for migrant workers 
Published: January 6, 2012
Tags: Arkansas, class action, migrant workers, packing, unpaid wages
A federal judge in Arkansas is on the verge of giving final approval to a settlement of a class-action lawsuit that would pay about 1,500 migrant workers a total of $1.5 million to make up for unpaid wages and expenses.
2 ex-ministry members get $33 million each in suit
By:
Noah Schaffer
Published: June 6, 2011
Tags: Arkansas, ministry members
An Arkansas jury awarded two former members of imprisoned evangelist Tony Alamo’s ministry $33 million each on Thursday in response to charges that Alamo ordered them to be beaten.
Man wins $13 million verdict against Ford
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: October 21, 2010
Tags: Arkansas, defective design, Ford, seatbelt
In what’s believed to be the largest federal verdict over defective seat belt design, an Arkansas man has won $19 million from Ford Motor Company.
Couple awarded $20 million in suit over surgery
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: September 27, 2010
Tags: Arkansas, brain surgery, medical malpractice
An Arkansas County jury has ordered a hospital to pay $20 million to a couple whose son had brain surgery done on the wrong side of his head.
Family wins $7 million lawsuit against Ford Motors
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: September 1, 2010
Tags: Arkansas, defective design, Ford
A jury in Arkansas has awarded a family over $7 million in a lawsuit against Ford Motor Company. The judgment includes $2.5 million in punitive damages.
Pfizer settles Prempro case before damages retrial
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: August 30, 2010
Tags: Arkansas, breast cancer, Pfizer, Prempro
Pfizer Inc. has agreed to settle an Arkansas woman’s claims that the company’s Prempro menopause drug caused her breast cancer before the drugmaker endured another trial over punitive damages in the case, according to a court filing.
School district wins in harassment lawsuit
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: May 13, 2010
Tags: Arkansas, harassment, public school
A federal jury found in favor of the Fayetteville School District in a lawsuit filed by Billy Wolfe, a former student who claimed the district didn’t do enough to stop other students from harassing him.
Sisters win $1.9M judgment against older sibling
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: May 5, 2010
Tags: Arkansas, trust fund
When the oldest of four sisters became trustee of their family’s trust fund in 1997, it resulted in a family fight that ended up in the Pulaski County Courthouse.
Arkansas city council settles ex-officer’s suit
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: Arkansas, police officer, racial discrimination
The City Council in
Pine Bluffs, Ark.
has agreed to a $500,000 settlement of a former police officer’s racial
discrimination lawsuit and will reinstate him.
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