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I woke up from surgery and the truck insurers want a release

A wrong-site surgery after a crash can wreck both your health and your case, and settling before the real surgery is usually where people get burned.

ARTICLE by Hector Salinas

Your health insurer says they get the whole settlement. That's usually not true.

A Little Rock salon worker with a torn rotator cuff usually has more going on than one insurance company barking about a lien, and Arkansas law does not automatically hand them the whole check.

ARTICLE by Rhonda Whitfield

structured settlement

Should you take the money all at once or in payments over time? A structured settlement is an agreement that pays a legal settlement in scheduled installments instead of one...

College Avenue wreck was 18 months ago and you still can't drive in Fayetteville - what is a fair settlement now?

A Fayetteville server with PTSD after a rental-car crash usually should not judge a settlement by the top-line number, because coverage fights, medical bills, and timing can gut what actually lands in your account.

ARTICLE by Cheryl Pryor

Can I wait for a hip implant recall settlement in Arkansas?

No - that's one of the costliest myths. A recall does not mean you should sit tight and wait for a check. In Arkansas, waiting can burn up your deadline. What changed recently...

release of claims

Often confused with a settlement agreement, a release of claims is narrower and more final. A settlement agreement is the overall deal: who pays, how much, when payment is due,...

It can directly reduce how much money reaches your pocket after an injury settlement or judgment. A hospital lien is a legal claim by a hospital against money recovered from...

Did we miss the deadline to claim future medical costs after my husband's Jonesboro crash?

The insurance company will often tell you future treatment is too speculative, or imply you can settle now and ask for more later if your husband needs surgery, pain...

Before Signing a Daycare Injury Settlement in Arkansas

If an Arkansas daycare offers money after your child gets hurt, the big issue is not just fault - it's who can settle a minor's claim and when a court has to approve it.

ARTICLE by Rhonda Whitfield

A Medicare lien is Medicare's claim for repayment from an injury settlement, judgment, or other recovery. "Medicare" means the federal program may have paid medical bills that...

Who takes my settlement money after my Rogers bike crash hospital or insurance?

Everyone says "the hospital gets paid first," but actually it depends on who paid your bills and whether they protected a legal claim. The follow-up question you should ask...

I got a call saying my Facebook posts prove I'm fine

A veteran in Conway got hurt in a fall that looked minor at first, then got hit with the usual insurance mess: blame-shifting, workers' comp, and social media being used against him.

ARTICLE by Marcus Jefferson

Jonesboro plant crash burned you, and now a lousy ticket is being used against you

A work trip injury in Jonesboro can mean workers' comp and a separate injury claim, and a small traffic citation does not automatically wipe out your case.

ARTICLE by Bobby Clanton

Fayetteville fall claim changed fast when the treatment gap showed up

A gap in treatment after a serious elbow injury can wreck claim value fast, and the carrier usually does not care why you stopped going.

ARTICLE by Marcus Jefferson

high-low agreement

A private deal between opposing sides that sets a minimum payout and a maximum payout no matter what a judge, jury, or arbitrator awards. In practice, it works like a safety...

My sister's kid got hurt at Fayetteville daycare who signs the settlement?

Many Arkansas child-injury settlements fall around $15,000 to $75,000, with serious cases going much higher, and the part that can cost your sister money fast is signing too...

contingency fee

Like hiring someone to fix a roof and agreeing they only get paid if the insurance company approves the claim, a contingency fee means the lawyer's payment depends on whether...

Fired after your Jonesboro comp claim? That "unrelated" excuse can get ugly fast

A Jonesboro nursing home attendant got a delayed cancer diagnosis, filed a workers' comp claim, then got fired and told the whole thing was unrelated and pre-existing.

ARTICLE by Dale Honeycutt

Grain truck hit me near Jonesboro and my old back injury means no claim?

If you believe that, you can hand the insurance company a cheap denial and lose money for the new damage, extra treatment, and missed work. From the insurer's side, this is...

Slipped on a spill at a Little Rock restaurant inside a public building and missed the notice deadline - the claim may not be dead

Missing the government notice deadline can kill one claim, but not always the whole case if a private restaurant operator or contractor caused the hazard.

ARTICLE by Cheryl Pryor