Category Archives: Civil

Arkansas Judicial Site Posts New Juror Orientation Video

Posted 921 days ago by shaunhair

I have two comments about the video. First, it is very well done.  It would be a shame if the quality was so shoddy that it was a distraction to the prospective jurors. I am impressed with the quality. Second, …

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New York Times Editorial on Arkansas Prison Policy

Posted 948 days ago by shaunhair

This story illustrates the absurdity that often goes on inside the prison system. Shawanna Nelson, a nonviolent offender, was 29 years old and six months pregnant when she arrived in Arkansas’s McPherson Unit prison in 2003. When she went into …

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West Memphis business proprietors being sued for $4.1 million

Posted 1636 days ago by shaunhair

Bank of America is suing two businessmen who ran a West Memphis company in an attempt to collect $4.1 million. Theodore M. Jenney of Holley, N.Y., and Stanley J. Chiras of Florida are the principals of Diaz Intermediates Corp., which …

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Pay Check Loans Constitutional?

Posted 1641 days ago by shaunhair

Some have wondered if the wildly high interest rates charged for pay check loans violate constitutional usury limitations. Apparently not. Judge Barry Sims found the 1999 law to be constitutional. However, his decision will be appealed to the Arkansas Supreme …

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Developers Sue City of Harrisburg

Posted 1643 days ago by shaunhair

Two developers said they are out nearly $1 million after they built homes at the city of Harrisburg’s request, but the city hasn’t installed the water and sewer lines. Tom Ford and Charles Dunham, who own Ford/Dunham Subdivision, are suing …

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Louisiana Jury to Decide Katrina Homeowner Insurance Claim

Posted 1657 days ago by shaunhair

A Louisiana jury will begin hearing arguments today in that state’s first civil trial involving allegations that State Farm Fire & Casualty wrongly denied homeowner insurance claims from Hurricane Katrina. The trial is expected to test the insurer’s anti-concurrent causation …

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