Barbara Carlisle and her parents sued Whirlpool Financial National Banka and Gulf Coast Electronics, claiming that the companies tried to overcharge them $1,200 for two satellite dishes sold door-to-door in 1995.

Both sides predict that a $581 million jury verdict against a finance unit of Whirlpool Financial National Bank and Gulf Coast Electronics to pay $580 million in punitive damages and $975,000 in compensatory damages to three plaintiffs, who had charged the defendants with consumer fraud in the sale …

A state record $581 million lawsuit verdict will almost certainly be slashed on appeal, but plaintiff attorney Tom Methvin’s firm will eventually get a sizable chunch of change.

The final payments of a $12.5 million settlement of a lawsuit against Mutual of New York (MONY) were delivered to a number of policyholders this week, the plaintiffs’ attorney said Monday.

Residents of seven Alabama counties will receive money from a $12.5 million settlement with Mutual of New York over so-called vanishing premium prices.