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Logging Truck Accident Kills 3, Injures 5 Others in Pike County, Alabama
Authorities in Pike County, Alabama, are investigating a deadly crash involving a logging truck and two passenger vehicles that claimed the lives of two high…
Is Costco’s Roundup ban a sign of times to come?
Last month, Costco became the first major retailer to stop carrying Monsanto’s blockbuster herbicide Roundup. The international wholesaler’s decision to suspend Roundup sales is not…
Ethylene oxide emissions posing serious cancer risks to communities nationwide
Aug 2019 — In 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concluded a 10-year study of ethylene oxide, a chemical gas commonly used in the…
Enbridge pipeline explosion kills one, injures several in Kentucky
An Enbridge pipeline explosion in central Kentucky Aug. 1 killed one woman, injured five others, and forced the evacuation of at least 75 people from…
New vaping law in effect in Alabama
The growing vaping epidemic has gained the attention of law and policymakers across the country. States and local governments are fighting back against unscrupulous, deceptive…
Former NFL player Buoniconti dies, donates brain to CTE research
Former Boston Patriots and Miami Dolphins linebacker Nick Buoniconti has died at the age of 78, after a years-long struggle with dementia and likely CTE,…
Daubert hearings over talc’s cancer risk conclude after days of testimony
Daubert hearings involving eight days of expert testimony over whether Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powders contain the carcinogen asbestos and cause ovarian cancer have concluded….
Beasley Allen files lawsuits against JUUL
Beasley Allen, as of press time, has filed six lawsuits on behalf of individuals who have become addicted to nicotine as a result of JUUL’s…
Amid Congressional investigation, Beasley Allen launches fight to stop JUUL epidemic
Attorneys for the Beasley Allen Law Firm have filed four separate JUUL lawsuits on behalf of individuals severely addicted to nicotine as a result of…
Citrix Data Breach Triggers Employee Class Action
Data breaches are on the rise, but are companies that store employee and consumer data on their computer networks doing enough to protect your highly…
NTSB issues first report on Mississippi teen pilot’s plane crash death
A preliminary report on a plane crash that killed 18-year-old pilot Elizabeth “Lake” Little in Oxford, Mississippi, July 6, raises questions about whether the young…
JUUL lawsuits filed by Beasley Allen in San Francisco focus on vaping addiction
Beasley Allen lawyers have filed a new lawsuit against JUUL Labs in the vaping giant’s hometown of San Francisco on behalf of three plaintiffs who…
Asbestos-tainted Claire’s cosmetics made in China, not Taiwan
Five talc-based cosmetics sold by tween manufacturer Claire’s and Beauty Plus Global Inc. were manufactured in China and not Taiwan, as previously reported, the country’s…
July 4 was a deadly holiday for boating accidents in Alabama
Jul, 2019 — In terms of boating safety, the Fourth of July holiday weekend was a complete disaster for Alabama. Three separate boating accidents on…
Beasley Allen sues JUUL Labs over vaping devices
Beasley Allen has filed three JUUL lawsuits on behalf of individuals severely addicted to nicotine as a result of using vaping devices the manufacturers marketed…
Beasley Allen files wrongful death lawsuit for Lake Jordan boating crash victim
Beasley Allen lawyer Ben Locklar has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of Wahoo and Susan House, the parents of Travis House who was…
Grease traps continue to pose threat to children, adults
This week, a 3-year-old died after falling into a grease trap outside a Tim Hortons restaurant in Rochester, New York. It sounds like a freak…
Dentists find JUUL use causes tooth decay and gum disease
Can JUUL use and vaping cause cavities and gum disease? Dentists are finding this to be true. Dentists are finding that people who JUUL or…
Beasley Allen lawyers working on cases cited as ‘ones to watch’
Leading legal publication Law360 is closely watching several cases whose outcomes it believes could impact future litigation. Beasley Allen lawyers are involved in much of this…
DOJ launches criminal investigation into Johnson & Johnson over talc
The U.S. Justice Department’s fraud unit has launched a criminal investigation to determine whether Johnson & Johnson was aware that the talc it used in…
New Study Shows Link Between Talcum Powder and Ovarian Cancer
Johnson & Johnson spent more than a decade building consumer trust with its health care products, promising its talcum powders were safe enough for babies, and ideal…
Boeing 737 class action lawsuits continue to mount
Southwest customers are the latest group of plaintiffs to file a class action lawsuit against Boeing and they include Southwest Airlines in the suit filed…
Encompass Health settles whistleblower lawsuits for $48 million
Birmingham, Alabama-based Encompass Health Corporation, the nation’s largest operator of inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), is paying the U.S. $48 million to settle three whistleblower lawsuits…
Tractor-trailer driver charged with 36 felonies for deadly Colorado pileup
A Texas truck driver faces 36 felony charges, including charges of vehicular homicide and first-degree assault, after his tractor-trailer plowed into stopped traffic on an…