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DOJ fines Kidde $12 million for defective fire extinguishers
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment Inc. was ordered to pay $12 million in civil penalties. Regulators fined the company for not informing the Consumer Product Safety…
Beasley Allen files ERISA class action for Mercedes-Benz employees
Beasley Allen has filed a proposed ERISA class action lawsuit against Mercedes-Benz US International, Inc. and the administrators of its U.S. employees’ 401(k) plan, alleging…
Nestlé recalls 756,615 pounds of pepperoni pizza Hot Pockets
Nestlé Prepared Foods is recalling about 752,615 pounds of pepperoni pizza Hot Pockets because they may be contaminated with bits of glass and hard plastic,…
Workplace Injury Cases May Offer Product Liability Claims
Beasley Allen handles a variety of cases related to workplace injuries. A personal injury lawyer is often contacted after a person is seriously injured or…
Webinar will feature talcum powder lawsuit, Beasley Allen lawyers Leigh O’Dell, Margaret Thompson
Beasley Allen lawyers Leigh O’Dell and Dr. Margaret Thompson will be featured speakers at a webinar examining “contemporary issues in mass torts” on Jan. 21….
Plans for PFAS contamination laws brighten with Biden win
Will the federal government finally take significant action against per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which have contaminated our nation’s drinking water for years? Advocates of…
Defendants ask Judge to cull fresh racketeering claims from JUUL lawsuits
Altria and JUUL have asked a California federal judge overseeing a sprawling body of JUUL lawsuits consolidated into multidistrict litigation to reject fresh claims of…
Pandemic stress leads to increase in demand for antacids
Over-the-counter antacids have now joined toilet paper and disinfecting wipes to become hard-to-find products amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The reason? Americans are stressed out —…
Beasley Allen announces third location opening in Mobile
Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. has announced a third office, opening January 2021 in Mobile, Alabama. The Mobile office will be headed…
Boeing MAX fraud results in $2.5 billion criminal fine
Boeing Company admitted that two of its 737 MAX test pilots fraudulently deceived the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). As a result of the Boeing MAX…
COVID-19 business interruption classes consolidated in Georgia
In August of this year, Beasley Allen lawyers Dee Miles, Gibson Vance, Chris Glover, Paul Evans and Rachel Nichole Minder (née Boyd) filed a class…
Juries return major verdicts in metal-on-metal hip cases
Despite the delays many courts are experiencing due to the Covid-19 pandemic, metal hip replacement cases are going to trial and juries are awarding major…
Counsel Financial names Top Five Mass Torts of 2020
Counsel Financial has named its Top Five Mass Torts of 2020, and Beasley Allen lawyers are actively involved in four of them. As previously reported,…
Atlanta lawyers look forward to courts reopening
Beasley Allen’s Atlanta lawyers were hopeful they would be able to resume jury trials at the end of 2020, but a spike in COVID-19 cases…
Class action attorneys say GM engines were ‘engineered to fail’
On Nov. 23, 2020, our firm filed another proposed class action against General Motors LLC. The class action alleges that GM knowingly sold vehicles in…
Beasley Allen stands by client working to change Alabama workers compensation law
On Sept. 3, 2019, Mason Spurlin was employed with J&M Tank Lines in Sylacauga, Alabama. He had been employed there for a few months when…
Beasley Allen settles case against two trucking companies
Beasley Allen has settled another truck accident case. The Drivers On Aug. 29, 2017, our client Lynn Curry was driving a 2012 Jeep Compass northbound…
Gun violence on the rise across the nation
Although 2020 may long be remembered for its historical pandemic, social unrest, and the unprecedented election, the nation is quietly enduring an increase in neighborhood…
Labarron Boone Selected As 2020 Chad Stewart Award Recipient
LaBarron Boone LaBarron Boone was awarded the 2020 Chad Stewart Award. This honor was created in memory of Beasley Allen lawyer…
Beasley Allen lawyers and staff continue holiday donations in the River Region
Each year Beasley Allen lawyers and staff come together to give needed items to River Region agencies. This year team members made holiday donations in…
Teen Vaping Epidemic Still a Concern in the Shadow of COVID-19
Before COVID-19 took over headlines in the United States, there was another epidemic raging in our country — teen vaping. And it’s still a problem,…
Twenty Two Beasley Allen attorneys named 2020 Super Lawyers
Beasley Allen is proud to announce 22 firm lawyers received special recognition by Super Lawyers rating service for the 2020 Midsouth Region (Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi…
SEC Whistleblower Awards Top $42 Million in One Week
In one week’s time, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) doled out more than $42.35 million in awards to whistleblowers whose tips of securities…
Montgomery voters give public schools vote of confidence for future
MONTGOMERY, ALA. (November 4, 2020) – On Tuesday, the people of Montgomery County spoke, voting YES by a margin of 61.1% to 38.9% to increase…