by - August 15, 2016 5:52 pm
The association representing nursing homes in July donated $250,000 to support a ballot initiative that would reduce medical verdicts and lawyers’ fees, bringing its total over three months to $580,000….
by - August 13, 2016 3:42 pm
The group opposing a ballot initiative to limit attorneys’ fees and to allow the Legislature to cap noneconomic damages reported raising $420,430 in July from 18 lawyers and law firms….
by - August 5, 2016 4:51 pm
A proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the Legislature to set limits on non-economic damages and would limit attorneys’ fees has collected enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. In…
by - July 13, 2016 7:10 pm
A group has formed to oppose a proposed amendment that would cap non-economic damages in medical lawsuits. The Committee to Protect AR Families filed paperwork Tuesday saying its aim is…
by - July 8, 2016 3:54 pm
Supporters of an amendment that would authorize casinos in Boone, Miller and Washington counties submitted 92,120 signatures Friday (July 8), while supporters of a medical tort reform amendment submitted 131,000…
by - June 14, 2016 7:05 pm
A group hoping to cap noneconomic damages for health care providers and limit attorneys’ contingency fees has raised more than $313,000, including $250,000 from the Arkansas Health Care Association, which…
by - June 17, 2013 9:31 pm
Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Hannah sees a threatened future for the state’s independent judicial system without a better informed legislature and public as to the role of the…
by - June 5, 2013 5:13 pm
Matt Hass, executive director for the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association, says his group may roll out its own version of a tort reform amendment. “We’re not going to sit on…
