Eufaula Pulpwood has settled with Lexington Insurance Company for an undisclosed amount an a bad faith claim.

The state government asked the Alabama Supreme Court to uphold a record $3.5 billion judgment against Exxon Mobil, contending the oil company had a "secret scheme to cheat the state out of its bargained-for royalties."

The Alabama Dental Association is suing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, claiming the insurance company defrauded roughly 1,600 dentists out of more than $100 million in reimbursements.

A Henry County jury awarded a record $2.9 million verdict in a securities fraud case July 13, 2004.

A Montgomery, Ala., judge slashed a jury verdict Exxon Mobil Corp. to $3.5 billion from $11.8 billion to bring it closed in line with U.S. Supreme Court guidelines.

A lawyer leading the civil prosecution of those alleged to have caused the collapse of five US liability insurers has described the case as the insurance industry’s Enron, write Richard Banks.

Alabama’s government won an $11.9 billion verdict against Exxon Mobil Corp. on Friday in a suit that accused the oil giant of cheating the state out of natural gas royalties according to the Associated Press.

An attorney asked a jury Wednesday to find that Exxon Mobil cheated the state out of natural gas royalties and return a record $9.3 billion verdict against the oil company.

The state’s lawyers asked a Montgomery jury on Wednesday to slap Exxon Mobil Corp. with a record $9.3 billion verdict, saying the oil giant knowingly cheated the state out of natural gas royalties for years.

MONTGOMERY – Alabama’s suit accusing Exxon Mobil of shortchanging the state on natural gas royalties produced a record verdict of $3.5 billion at the first trial. In the retrial, the state ____ an ever bigger verdict.