SPRINGDALE, Ark — Attorney Jason M. Hatfield of Springdale recently received a $1.5 million award in a case tied to allegations of a scheme in which “runners” who were not lawyers handed out business cards at funerals to recruit plaintiffs for wrongful death suits.
Hatfield’s legal victory in the Probate Division of Washington County Circuit Court involves complex issues that are also being litigated in U.S. District Court in Fayetteville.
The conflict dates back to November 2020, when, Hatfield said, he began representing relatives of a 36-year-old woman, Flor Maribel Recinos Valle, who died in an auto accident involving a tractor-trailer operated by a driver for J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell.
To read more on the lawsuit, our content partner Arkansas Business has the full article here.
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