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About Cearley Law Firm, P.A.

Cearley Law Firm, P.A. is a Little Rock, Arkansas plaintiffs' trial firm founded by Robert M. Cearley, Jr., who has practiced as a trial lawyer in Little Rock for more than 50 years. The firm handles plaintiff's personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, product liability, insurance disputes, automobile and motorcycle accident, and complex commercial litigation matters for clients across Arkansas. In 2015 the firm won a $122.5 million Crittenden County jury award in Pierce v. Mann, reported as the largest personal injury award in Arkansas history, which the Arkansas Supreme Court upheld in 2016. Cearley is a past president of the Arkansas Bar Association and a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the American Board of Trial Advocates, and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Proven verdicts and settlements won by Cearley Law Firm, P.A.

$122,500,000 ($17,500,000 compensatory plus $105,000,000 punitive, affirmed)Verdict

Dr. Trent Pierce, then chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board, found a spare tire propped against his car on the morning of 4 February 2009. A hand grenade was duct-taped to it, rigged to fire when the tire was moved. He lost the sight in his left eye and the hearing in his left ear. The man who sent him there was a physician whose prescribing authority the board had revoked.

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

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