Wal-Mart will pay a $4 million judgment to Carolyn Thorne in a lawsuit stemming from a tire failure three years ago that caused a wreck and left the local woman paralyzed from her injuries.

A Montgomery woman who was paralyzed in a 2004 rollover crash that occurred when the tread on one of her SUV's tires separated has been awarded $4 million in a judgment against Wal-Mart, whose service center failed to spot the defective tire.

Montgomery County jury awarded $ 4M in favor of Carolyn Thorne against Wal-Mart Corporation. Mrs. Thorne was severely injured and paralyzed in a car accident shortly after having her car serviced at Wal-Mart. Mrs. Thorne's Ford Expedition went out of control when the tread on one of her tires separated.

Rollback Wrecker Lacked Underride

A lawsuit has been filed in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, AL against Ford Motor Company and Continental-Tire of North America.

The Thomas Goode Jones School of Law at Faulkner University has announced its graduating class of 2003-2004.

A claim that General Motors Corp., in a cost-cutting move, reduced crash-worthiness of the front passenger compartment of a 1993 Oldsmobile Delta 88-leading to a devastating brain injury to a 12-year-old boy-has led to a $122 million verdict against the automaker.

A case involving a Bullock County man that has man made its way through the Alabama court system was settled last Friday.

An undisclosed settlement was reached late Monday in the fatal traffic deaths of three Louisville women on Oct. 31, 2002, according to Greg Allen, of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis and Miles. The trial had been set for Jan 5, 2004.

The Alabama Supreme Court overturned an $89 million verdict against General Motors last week because of problems with the selection of jurors.