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Beasley Allen files personal injury lawsuit related to GM ignition switch recall
Lawsuit filed on behalf of Josh Cull and Samantha Zollman, who were seriously injured as a result of GM’s faulty ignition switch.
Texas jury orders J&J to pay $1.2 million to woman injured by transvaginal mesh
A jury in a Dallas state court has ordered health care giant Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon subsidiary to pay $1.2 million in compensatory…
Beasley Allen files wrongful death lawsuit related to GM ignition switch recall
Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the Estate of Aubrey Wallace Williams. Ms. Williams,…
Update: Toyota fined $1.2 billion, admits wrongdoing in criminal investigation of sudden unintended acceleration recall
Toyota will pay fines of $1.2 billion to settle a four-year criminal investigation into its handling of sudden unintended acceleration defects in millions of its…
Biomet settles metal-on-metal hip implant complaints for $56 million
Medical device manufacturer Biomet Inc. agreed Monday to pay $56 million to resolve multi-district litigation (MDL) in which plaintiffs alleged they were injured by the…
Beasley Allen files class action lawsuit on behalf of financial institutions injured by Target credit breach
Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has filed a second class action lawsuit related to the major security breach at Target stores. The…
Trucking companies say they are exempt from state wage and hour laws
Court documents filed by a group of Southern California port trucking companies accused of fraudulently misclassifying its regular drivers as independent contractors demonstrate how these…
Beasley Allen files class action lawsuit in response to Target data breach
Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of consumers whose credit and debit card information was…
Beasley Allen looking at cases linking baby powder and ovarian cancer
Researchers have raised concerns about whether regular use of talcum powder in the genital area increases the risk of women developing ovarian cancer if the…
SEC Whistleblower Actions
The Dodd-Frank Act was passed in July 2010, establishing the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower in 2011. The program was designed by…
Seatbelt Failure – Beasley Allen lawyers secure $4.6 million verdict for family of woman killed in rollover
A Georgia jury found Key Safety Systems, Inc., liable for a defective seatbelt that they determined led to the death of Penney Bruner when the…
Louisiana settles Medicaid Fraud litigation for $88.4 million
Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has reached an $88.4 million settlement with 25 pharmaceutical companies in the state’s ongoing Medicaid Fraud litigation. Beasley Allen attorneys…
DePuy Orthopaedics approves $2.475 billion settlement agreement in defective ASR hip implant litigation
DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, has agreed to a $2.475 billion charge to settle thousands of claims related to injuries suffered as…
Toyota Sudden Unintended Acceleration lawsuit ends in landmark verdict
Our law firm tried the first sudden acceleration lawsuit last month against Toyota involving the Camry’s electronic throttle control system. An Oklahoma City jury returned…
Toyota Sudden Unintended Acceleration lawsuit ends in landmark verdict
An Oklahoma County, Okla., jury returned a verdict after a 3-week trial in favor of Jean Bookout and the family of Barbara Schwarz. Mrs. Bookout…
Jury finds in favor of plaintiff in Toyota sudden unintended acceleration case
An Oklahoma County, Okla., jury returned a verdict in favor of Jean Bookout and the family of Barbara Schwarz. Jean Bookout was seriously injured and…
Stronger cab guards could protect drivers in 18-wheeler crashes, rollover accidents
A Lowndesboro, Ala., man, Jerry Albritton, was unfortunately killed when the log truck he was driving overturned in Lowndes County Monday afternoon. According to the…
Two whistleblowers share $3.75 million for exposing Diagnostic Laboratories fraud scheme
Two whistleblowers will share more than $3.75 million for their role in exposing an alleged fraud scheme orchestrated by a California-based mobile diagnostic and x-ray…
First Toyota Sudden Unintended Acceleration Case Caused by Electronic Malfunction to be Tried in Oklahoma
The first trial involving personal injury and wrongful death claims related to Toyota’s sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) problems is set for October 7th in a…
State of Mississippi awarded $12.4 million in Medicaid Fraud litigation against Watson Pharmaceuticals
Judge Thomas L. Zebert found in favor of the State of Mississippi against Watson Pharmaceuticals in the state’s ongoing Medicaid Fraud litigation against a number…
Two sentenced for illegally dumping asbestos in New York State
Two men who were involved in a scheme to illegally dump asbestos on wetlands in upstate New York have been sentenced and fined by the…
Jury Awards $1.1 Billion in Lawsuit Against Nursing Home Conglomerate
A jury in Polk County, Florida, returned a $1.1 billion verdict last month in a case involving what was described as “corporate corruption” and “misconduct”…
Beasley Allen lawyers to try first Toyota Sudden Unintended Acceleration case tied to electronic malfunction
The first trial for a personal injury and wrongful death claim related to Toyota sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) resulting from electronic throttle control defects is…
Wrongful death lawsuit alleges design defects in Air Tractor plane led to pilot’s death
Wrongful death lawsuit alleges plane was defectively designed, ultimately leading to the crash that killed the pilot.
