As deadlines near on the settlement Merck & Co. has proposed for cases related to its Vioxx painkiller, it looks highly likely enough plaintiffs will sign on to seal the deal.

The state of Alabama will receive almost $7 million from a settlement with two drug manufacturers, who were defendants in a lawsuit the state filed against more than 70 pharmaceutical manufacturers.

Filing a civil suit against a nursing home that has caused serious injury or even death to a loved one is not the only avenue of redress against the nursing facility and its staff. Most families of residents in nursing homes are unaware that nursing home staff members may be prosecuted for the abuse…

Several plaintiffs' lawyers have asked the federal judge overseeing the $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement to give them the freedom to keep some of their clients outside the settlement.

Beasley Allen, along with the firm of McCorquodale & McCorquodale, which is located in Jackson, Alabama, represented Clarke-Mobile Counties Gas District.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has finally set seat belts standards for school buses.

The March of Dimes Alabama Chapter Central Division honored Morris Dees with its Citizen of the Year award. At a fundraising dinner and silent auction at Wynlakes Golf & Country Club, Dees accepted the honor from attorney Jere Beasley, last year's recipient.

The Alabama Supreme Court, by tossing nearly 99 percent of a $3.6 billion verdict against ExxonMobil, the world's, largest publicly traded oil company, has refused to play Santa to state taxpayers.

On November 9th, Merck & Co. Inc. announced that they would pay $4.85 billion to settle product liability claims related to usage of Vioxx.

Studies estimate that during the next decade, 100,000 victims in the United States will die of an asbestos related disease - equaling 30 deaths per day.