What Is A Contingency Fee?
A contingency fee is a fee charged by an attorney to a client contingent upon the outcome of the matter. Contingent fees in personal injury and wrongful death cases are allowed in Arkansas if the agreement is in writing and states the method for computing the fee, including the percentage of the fee and how Read More
Has A Recall For Your Vehicle Been Issued? If So, Did You Fix Your Vehicle?
In 2015, there were 900 recalls affecting 51 million vehicles nationwide. On average, 25% of recalled vehicles go unrepaired. That means approximately 12.75 million recalled vehicles in 2015 went unrepaired. To see if your vehicle has been recalled, you can use the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s VIN search: https://vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/ To learn more about the Read More
McMath Woods Encourages All Arkansas Drivers to Have Personal Injury Protection Benefits
Arkansas Code Annotated 23-89-202 requires all automobile liability insurance policies in Arkansas to have $5,000 in medical payments benefits, commonly referred to as medpay, up to $7,280 in income disability benefits, and $5,000 in accidental death benefits. When these benefits are combined on an insurance policy, they are commonly referred to as personal injury protection or PIP. Read More
Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones Against Uninsured Motorists
In Arkansas, all drivers are required by law to have liability insurance of at least $25,000 per person. Despite this legal requirement, an estimated 15.9% of Arkansas drivers in 2012 were uninsured. https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/uninsured-motorists What happens if you or your loved ones are injured in a motor vehicle collision with an at fault driver who is uninsured? Read More
Distracted Driving and Teenage Drivers
In 2013, teen drivers (19 and under) made up 4.2% of all drivers. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics/2013/pdf/dl20.pdf However, 8% of the people who died in distraction-affected crashes in 2013 were teen drivers. Distracted driving accounted for 11% of all teen motor vehicle fatalities in 2013. https://www.distraction.gov/downloads/pdfs/11381-Distracted_Driving_Teens_2013_032415_v1a_tag.pdf In Arkansas, drivers of all ages are prohibited from texting while operating a vehicle, Read More
Super Bowl Ad Focuses on Drunk Driving
During last night’s Super Bowl, Budweiser released an ad focused on stopping drinking and driving. The ad featured British actress Helen Mirren speaking her mind about what society thinks of drunk drivers. In 2014, 29% (135 out of 466) of Arkansas vehicle fatalities involved alcohol impaired drivers. https://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/812219.pdf You can check out Budweiser’s Super Bowl ad Read More
Traffic Law–When to use a child safety seat
For many parents it is difficult to determine when your child can be restrained with a normal seatbelt. A good starting point is Arkansas Law. Children who are less than 6 years of age and who weigh less than 60 pounds must be restrained in a child passenger safety seat properly secured to your vehicle Read More
Holiday Travel–Remember No Texting While Driving
It is against the law in Arkansas to text and drive. Act 247 of 2009, Called Paul’s Law now in statute at Ark. Code Ann. Sec. 27-51-1504, makes texting and driving illegal. We all know how distracting and dangerous texting and driving is so please keep your eyes off your phone and on the road Read More
Traffic Deaths on the Rise in Arkansas
Traffic related deaths are on the rise in Arkansas and nationally. It is shaping up to be the deadliest year on our roads since 2007. Arkansas has had 240 traffic related deaths for the first six months of this year. For the same period in 2014, there were only 211 deaths. Traffic fatalities are up Read More
2014–Wins for Clients and Some On-Going Battles for Justice
We wanted to post a year in review style blog post for two purposes. First, to summarize for folks much of what we have been working on in the last year, and two, to remind folks that McMath Woods areas of practice are quite broad. This post will be updated over the next several days. McMath Read More