Miscellaneous

• Arkansas Farmers Hit Hard by Flooding

  Jeanie Oliver | April 04, 2008 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Storms continue to bring rain. The water must go somewhere, and downstream it flows. Farmers in the delta areas of Arkansas are being hit hard by the excess water. Jackson County extension agent,...

• Heprin Recall Continues

  Frank Bailey | March 27, 2008 9:26 AM | 1 CommentJonesboro, AR

  On March 21, 2008 B. Braun Medical, Inc instituted a nationwide recall of Heparin. The recall affected 23 lots of Heparin manufactured and distributed by B. Braun Medical Inc both here and in Canada. There have been numerous reports of serious injuries and deaths in patients who have received Heparin injectable products. The typical symptoms include anaphylactic like reactions...abdominal...

• Suit Filed in Tornado Bus Wreck

  Frank Bailey | March 26, 2008 12:48 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Last week, Bailey and Oliver Law Firm filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of St. Francis County, Arkansas against Tornado Bus Company, Inc. for Mary Alice Royko and James A Royko. The suit arises out of a wreck that occurred on November 25, 2007 on I-40 near Forest City, Arkansas.The suit alleges that over the last 30 months, Tornado Bus Company has had 32 moving violations and its buses have...

• Deadly Heparin

  Frank Bailey | March 24, 2008 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Pet food, children's toys, and now Heparin...all unsafe Chinese products. Investigators are trying to determine if the drug Heparin was deliberately contaminated with a fake ingredient resulting in up to 19 known deaths.We know Heparin is a commonly used blood thinner. All the ingredients come from China. Dr. Janet Woodcock, the Federal Drug Administration's deputy commissioner said it is...

• Arkansas Flooding Still A Grave Danger

  Jeanie Oliver | March 24, 2008 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  The skies are clear and no rain in the forecast. It would seem that the dangers of last week's rain had passed. Unfortunately, this is not the case for residents of the Arkansas "prairie" region in eastern Arkansas. The flash point centers around a break on Saturday in the 60-year old levee that held back the Black River in Northeast Arkansas.Flash flood watches were issued for this area of...

• Chantix-Wonder Drug Has Downside

  Jeanie Oliver | March 06, 2008 5:24 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Chantix, manufactured by Pfizer, was looked to by smokers as the answer to kicking a tough habit. It was approved by the FDA in 2006 as a drug to help people quit smoking. It acts in the parts of the brain affected by nicotine. Unfortunately, it appears that the dangers of the drug can't outweigh the positive chance to quit smoking.Investigators for the federal government are now researching...

• Protect Your Constitutional Rights to Full Compensation

  Frank Bailey | February 22, 2008 2:41 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  If you have been injured, the Arkansas Legislature attempted in 2003 to limit your right to compensation to the amount of medical bills actually paid. For example if you had Medicare Insurance that paid a lower rate than the hospital charged, the legislation only required the wrongdoer to pay the lower amount. In effect this gave the wrongdoer the benefit of your insurance.Fortunately there...

• Stop Hazing Now

  Frank Bailey | January 16, 2008 3:55 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Can you believe the reactions Sigma Sigma Sigma members had to HAZING. It these members knew of the grief, the danger, the lives lost due to hazing they surely would take this more seriously. Engaging in drinking parties is dangerous. Underage drinking kills.The National Chapter should be applauded for suspending the Chapter for these violent acts of hazing. When will this plight on our...

• Focus Groups-Mock Trials-Jury Projects

  Jeanie Oliver | December 29, 2007 5:32 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Jury trials are an essential part of the American legal system. You are guaranteed a trial and a jury of your peers in the U.S. Constitution. What you are not given an absolute guarantee for would be every single aspect of the lives and opinions of the final group of jurors who hear your case. Who knew that even with the best possible prep in voire dire, that a juror would spend so much time in...

• Strangulation Hazard in Hooded Sweatshirts

  Sach Oliver | December 10, 2007 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  What is more comfortable than a good soft sweatshirt. No work would get done in America on Saturdays without them. However, safety studies now show us that hooded sweatshirts can be one of the most dangerous of easy-living apparel. When consulted, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has guidelines for hooded sweatshirts because of the danger, especially, to children.In particular, sweatshirts...