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Banner Life Insurance & William Penn Life Insurance Class Action: $38.2 Million Settlement Approved
Maryland Federal District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett has approved a $38.2 million settlement with named Plaintiffs in two class actions. He has also approved…
J&J discontinues sales of iconic talc baby powder in U.S. and Canada
Johnson & Johnson will discontinue sales of its iconic talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder in the United States and Canada due to slumping sales, mounting lawsuits,…
Fourteen Beasley Allen lawyers named to Lawdragon 500
MONTGOMERY, ALA. (May 18, 2020) – Fourteen Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. attorneys have been selected to the 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading…
Former Alabama pharmacy owner pleads guilty in $200 million health care fraud scheme
Federal authorities announced the prosecution of a former pharmacy co-owner and chief executive who orchestrated a massive health care fraud scheme. The scheme was designed…
Amazon settles hoverboard fire lawsuit with Tennessee family
Amazon has settled a product liability lawsuit brought by a Tennessee family whose house was destroyed when a defective, Chinese-made hoverboard and lithium-ion battery burst…
What are the signs of Zantac related cancer?
When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced April 1, 2020, that it was pulling the popular heartburn drug Zantac off the market due to…
PFAS water contamination confirmed or suspected at military installations nationwide
The group of toxic chemicals known as PFAS have been found or are suspected to exist in ground and surface water at 678 military installations…
Beasley Allen provides personal protective equipment amid coronavirus
In an effort to press forward with the firm motto of helping those who need it most, Beasley Allen Law Firm donated 1,500 N95 masks…
Georgia man blames colon cancer on Zantac use
A Georgia man believes the heartburn drug Zantac caused him to develop colon cancer, and he wants the makers of the drug to pay up, Law360 reported….
Federal Judge allows Plaintiffs’ experts to testify in talc ovarian cancer litigation
TRENTON, N.J. – In a ruling with significant implications for ongoing multidistrict litigation (MDL) against Johnson & Johnson, U.S. District Court Judge Freda L. Wolfson…
Johnson and Johnson Continues to Fight $4.69 Billion Talc Verdict
Johnson & Johnson is trying to convince a Missouri appellate court that combining 22 women’s ovarian cancer claims into one trial was simply unfair, Law360 reported….
Chipotle pays record criminal fine for food safety violations
Chipotle Mexican Grill has agreed to pay a record $25 million criminal penalty to resolve charges that its poor food safety practices caused a series…
NTSB: Opioid use, spatial disorientation contributed to deadly Florida plane crash
The National Transportation Safety Board report on a December 2017 plane crash that killed three people near Orlando, Florida, concludes the flight instructor’s use of…
Nursing Home Whistleblower Dies of Coronavirus Infection
A whistleblower nurse who accused a Massachusetts nursing home of covering up a resident’s coronavirus infections and taking inadequate safety measures to protect patients and…
Alabama Governor launches Ribbons of Hope campaign
Flanked by pastors from the Montgomery, Alabama, area, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey launched a new campaign called Ribbons of Hope, which is intended to encourage…
Whistleblower who exposed dangerous Arizona prison conditions found dead
A whistleblower who exposed alleged corruption and cell doors that didn’t properly lock inside an Arizona corrections facility has been found dead of an apparent…
Tampa businessman killed in plane crash reported engine problems
Federal authorities are investigating a plane crash in Charleston, South Carolina, that killed a Tampa businessman on March 21, minutes after the pilot reported experiencing…
Zantac recall has heartburn sufferers looking for safer alternatives
Millions of American heartburn sufferers were suddenly left in the lurch after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced April 1 that it was pulling…
PricewaterhouseCoopers lawsuit results in $12 million applicant age bias settlement
A PricewaterhouseCoopers lawsuit has resulted in a payment of nearly $12 million to a group of unsuccessful job applicants, to resolve a suit in California…
JUUL litigation update – expanding field of defendants
The Plaintiffs Steering Committee (PSC) for the JUUL multidistrict litigation (MDL) in the Northern District of California recently filed amended master individual and class action…
Whistleblower leads U.S. to $11 million judgment against hospital owner
A whistleblower was instrumental in bringing a Medicare fraud case that ended with a jury verdict of nearly $11 million against a Gulfport, Mississippi, hospital…
Pharmacy owner identifies possible cancer-causing agent in Zantac
When Adam Clark-Joseph’s infant daughter was prescribed ranitidine syrup for acid reflux, the same medicine used in the brand-name medicine Zantac, he was hesitant. Was there…
Beasley Allen applauds the FDA in pulling Zantac heartburn drugs off the market over cancer concerns
Beasley Allen lawyers applaud the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) move to pull the heartburn medicine Zantac and generic drugs containing the ingredient ranitidine off…
FDA seeks to remove all Zantac heartburn drugs from market
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting that all prescription and over-the-counter versions of the heartburn drug ranitidine, known by the brand name Zantac,…