News > Texarkana, Ark.

Class action filed against gun manufacturer for defective trigger
12/28/2009 1:29 PM By Michelle Massey, East Texas Bureau

EL DORADO, Ark. - Texas lawyers are seeking class action status for a lawsuit recently filed in Arkansas which alleges some Remington rifles contain defective triggers.

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Last defendant in Colossus class action awaits judge's rule on motions
3/15/2010 1:37 PM By Michelle Massey, East Texas Bureau
TEXARKANA, Ark. -- In an offshoot to the Colossus class action, American National Property and Casualty Co., the only remaining defendant, is asking the Miller County judge to rule on a joint motion filed almost two years ago.

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Farmers seeks bond to cover discovery costs in Arkansas class action
2/25/2010 7:59 AM By Michelle Massey, East Texas Bureau
TEXARKANA, Ark. -- Six years into a pending Arkansas class action litigation and still maintaining their innocence against the plaintiffs' allegations, defendant Farmers Insurance Co. wants to recoup the millions they have spent providing documents to the plaintiffs' attorneys.
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Judge dismisses suit of woman who fell off bench at amusement park
2/18/2010 11:43 AM By Michelle Massey, East Texas Bureau
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -- U.S. District Judge Jimm Larry Hendren dismissed a woman's allegations that the Arkansas amusement park, Magic Springs and Crystal Falls, was responsible for her injuries after she fell off a park bench.

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Arkansas high court will examine power plant approval process
2/12/2010 4:16 PM By Michelle Massey, East Texas Bureau
TEXARKANA, Ark. -- The Arkansas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on April 15 about the process used to approve the certificate that granted SWEPCO's construction of the John W. Turk Power Plant located in southern Arkansas.

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Stand 'n Seal suits remanded to original courts
2/3/2010 7:33 PM By Michelle Massey, East Texas Bureau
TEXARKANA, Ark. --With pretrial proceedings complete in the multidistrict Stand 'n Seal Products Liability litigation, consolidated cases are being remanded to their original courts, including cases pending out of Texarkana and Beaumont.

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Arkansas class action alleges state sold personal information
1/25/2010 11:30 AM By Michelle Massey, East Texas Bureau
TEXARKANA, Ark. -- If a recently filed class action is successful, each driver in Arkansas may receive $2,500 from companies that may have obtained their personal information illegally through the Arkansas Department of Licensing.

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Sanctioned insurance company petitions Arkansas Supreme Court
12/29/2009 9:55 PM By Michelle Massey, East Texas Bureau
TEXARKANA, Ark. - Shortly after an order for $315,000 in sanctions, Foremost Insurance Co. may have the opportunity to be dismissed from a pending Arkansas class action.

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Man hit while directing traffic sues driver
12/3/2009 1:58 PM By Michelle Massey, East Texas Bureau
FORT SMITH, Ark. - While riding in a freightliner truck through Arkansas, the driver asked the passenger to conduct traffic after the truck broke down on the interstate.

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Suit alleges woman lost job after ending two-year affair
12/2/2009 8:25 PM By Michelle Massey, East Texas Bureau
EL DORADO, Ark. - Working for a branch of the Arkansas Department of Education, an employee alleges she was forced to have an affair with her supervisor to retain her job. Two years later and saying she was overcome with guilt, she ended her affair and resigned her position.

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Arkansas man claims diabetes drug caused heart attack
11/19/2009 8:55 AM By Michelle Massey, East Texas Bureau
TEXARKANA, Ark. - An Arkansas man with diabetes but an otherwise clean bill of health claims his diabetes medication Avandia caused him to suffer a heart attack.

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