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Parker Miller Named Finalist for 2023 Southeastern Legal Awards “Attorney of the Year”
Parker Miller, a principal in Beasley Allen’s Atlanta office, is one of three finalists for the Daily Report’s Southeastern Legal Awards 2023 Attorney of the…
Beasley Allen Announces $235 Million Altria Settlement, End to Juul Litigation
Beasley Allen has announced a $235 million settlement against Altria Group Inc., a JUUL investor that helped fuel the nation’s youth vaping crisis. The May…
Mobile, Ala., Office Handles On-the-Job Chemical Exposure Case
Beasley Allen lawyers in our Mobile office, recently handled a case involving a paper mill contract worker who suffered from severe burns after he was…
$1.3 Million OSHA Fine in Our Fatal On-the-Job Product Liability Case
Some of the most difficult cases we handle as personal injury lawyers involve fatal workplace injuries, especially when they claim the life of someone who…
Camp Lejeune Litigation is Underway
In the first eight months since the Camp Lejeune Justice Act was signed, attorneys have filed about 800 cases for service members, their families, and…
Lawsuit Filed After Teen Fatally Shot at Georgia Apartments
Mom alleges Forest Cove apartment complex owners and management failed to address dangers to residents and others despite knowledge of ongoing violent activity at the…
$26 Million Settlement in Georgia Wrongful Death Shooting Case
A young mother and her unborn child were killed by stray bullets at her Georgia apartment complex after its owners and managers failed to address…
J&J Disguises Second Bankruptcy as Sham Settlement
This week, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced that it would pay $8.9 billion to tens of thousands of people who claimed that the company’s Baby…
Federal Judge Grants Certification of Proposed Nissan Rogue Class
Three Alabama School Districts File Lawsuits Against Social Media Giants
$4.6 Million Birmingham Transit Authority Whistleblowers’ Verdict
In March 2022, Beasley Allen Whistleblower Litigation Team secured a jury verdict for $1,438,467.74 in damages under the False Claims Act (FCA) against the Birmingham–Jefferson…
Demet Basar Appointed To Co-Lead Counsel For Plaintiffs In Airbag MDL
A “ticking time bomb” is how some describe ARC-made airbag inflators. They may be distinct from the infamous Takata airbag inflator, yet they are equally…
Joseph VanZandt Will Help Lead Social Media Litigation in California State Court
Users of social media products like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube/Google began filing lawsuits against social media companies last summer because social media addiction…
Navan Ward’s Appointment Brings Leadership to Hair Relaxer Litigation
The Black community uses hair relaxers linked to uterine, endometriosis, and ovarian cancers more than any other race in the U.S. For instance, research shows…
Clay Barnett Will Help Lead Honda Class Action For Plaintiffs
Owners of Honda and Acura vehicles and those leasing them are suing the company because of a problem with Honda’s Idle-Stop System. It is a…
Seventeen Beasley Allen Attorneys Named to Lawdragon 500
Seventeen Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. attorneys have been selected to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers list. Those named to…
Case Filed Due to Railing Collapse at Vacation Rental
Wyatt Montgomery, a lawyer in our Personal Injury and Product Liability Section and based out of our Mobile, Alabama, office, filed a premises liability lawsuit…
$7 Million Settlement for Our Client Over Fatal On-the-Job Injury
Mike Andrews, Cole Portis and Dana Taunton recently worked with Birmingham lawyer Doug Roy to secure a $7 million settlement for a widow whose husband…
Camp Lejeune Litigation Enters Second Stage – Filing Lawsuits
On Aug. 10, 2022, President Biden signed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act (CLJA), which created a legal framework for victims of toxic water contamination at Camp Lejeune…
Social Media Addiction Litigation Moves Forward
Plaintiffs’ lawyers in a national multidistrict litigation (MDL) against some of the world’s largest social media platforms filed a master complaint on Feb. 14, meeting…
Acetaminophen MDL Clients Get Favorable Ruling
U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in the Southern District of New York recently took significant action in the new Acetaminophen ASD/ADHD Multidistrict Litigation (MDL). She denied a…
Settlement After Rollover Crash, Defective Airbag Kills 5-Year-Old
On a summer day in 2019, our client Migdalia Roach strapped her 5-year-old daughter into the second-row left seat of their vehicle, recalling hearing the…
$3.3 Million secured in Automotive Products Liability Case
Automotive Products Liability Case $3.3 Million Settlement For more than 40 years, the Beasley Allen Law Firm has been committed to “helping those who need…
Beasley Allen Files Lawsuit Against Tallassee Landfill Leaking Toxic Pollutants Into Local Water Supplies
Beasley Allen attorney Gavin King filed a lawsuit on behalf of local landowners against Stone’s Throw Landfill near Tallassee, Ala., and other defendants after the…