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$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…
Beasley Allen Attorneys Named 2023 Georgia Super Lawyers
Beasley Allen is proud to announce that seven lawyers at its Georgia location received special recognition by Super Lawyers rating service. Four of the firm’s…
$2.7 Million Settlement for Man Killed by Exploding Airbag
Beasley Allen and The Vance Law Firm reached a $2.7 million settlement for Tocarious Johnson’s family after the young man was killed by exploding shrapnel…
Beasley Allen Files Hair Relaxer Lawsuit for Georgia Man After Wife’s Death
Beasley Allen lawyers filed a lawsuit on behalf of Lafayette Armstrong after his wife, Barbara Armstrong, died from uterine cancer linked to her use of…
Talc Clients to Get Day in Court After Third Circuit’s Ruling
Thousands of women and family members whose talc-related legal cases against healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) have been on hold for more than a…
Beasley Allen Names Twelve New Principals at Three Locations
Beasley Allen has named twelve lawyers as new principals and three as new associates at three of its locations. Demet Basar is an attorney in…
$4.3 Million secured in Automotive Products Liability Case
Automotive Products Liability Case $4.3 Million Settlement For more than 40 years, the Beasley Allen Law Firm has been committed to “helping those who need…
Beasley Allen Applauds Dangerous Rock ‘N Play Sleeper Recall Reannouncement After More Infant Deaths
Beasley Allen applauds the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC’s) reannouncement of the recall of Fisher-Price’s wildly successful Rock ‘n Play Sleeper on Jan. 9, 2023,…
$287 Million Toyota Fuel Pump Nationwide Settlement Approved
Beasley Allen secured a $287 million settlement in the Toyota fuel pump class action case, representing 6.5 million class members. “This settlement provides full relief…
$160 Million In Wrongful Death Mass Shooting
Sony Music Holdings Inc. was ordered to pay $160 million for its role in failing to protect patrons at a 2017 concert in downtown Atlanta,…
Tyner Helms Receives Beasley Allen’s 2022 Chad Stewart Award
Beasley Allen awarded Tyner Helms the 2022 “Chad Stewart Award,” named after Beasley Allen lawyer Chad Stewart, who passed away unexpectedly in 2014 at the…