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Beasley Allen lawsuit calls blood supply safety into question

| May 14, 2012
MONTGOMERY, ALA. (May 14, 2012) – Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has filed a lawsuit on behalf of man who received blood infected with HIV during a coronary bypass surgery. As a result of receiving the HIV-positive blood, Howard Midkiff contracted HIV. As a result, he will have to take medication and treatment for the rest of his life. The lawsuit names LifeSouth Community Blood Centers as the defendant in this case.

Beasley Allen's Leigh O'Dell named to Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in transvaginal mesh litigation

| May 7, 2012
Beasley Allen attorney Leigh O’Dell has been selected to serve on the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee for consolidated Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) concerning transvaginal mesh. Transvaginal mesh is used to repair conditions such as pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The mesh is implanted through the vagina and is used to shore up pelvic organs that have become displaced due to age, childbirth, hysterectomy or obesity.

Beasley Allen files lawsuit on behalf of family of drowning victims

| April 26, 2012
The law firm of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., will represent the family of Victor Garcia, 7, and his brother Cristubal Basurto Garcia, 5. The boys drowned Monday, April 23, 2012, in the swimming pool at the Cypress Court Apartments in Montgomery, Ala.

Beasley Allen names Chad E. Stewart as firm's newest Shareholder

| April 4, 2012
Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. is pleased to announce Chad E. Stewart is now a Shareholder with the firm.

Beasley Allen Shareholder Dee Miles to Chair Cumberland Advisory Board

| April 4, 2012
MONTGOMERY, ALA. (April 4, 2012) – Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. Shareholder W. Daniel “Dee” Miles is currently serving as Chairman of the Advisory Board for Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. He was named Chair-Elect last spring.

Beasley Allen attorney secures $2.3 million jury verdict for plaintiffs harmed by landfill

| April 3, 2012
LEE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA – (April 2, 2012) Beasley Allen attorney William E. Hopkins, Jr., along with co-counsel Gary Poliakoff, secured a $2.3 million verdict from a South Carolina jury on behalf of Bishopville area residents harmed by a huge landfill in Lee County. The jury found in favor of the plaintiffs against Lee County Landfill SC LLC, a division of waste management company Republic Services, holding the company responsible for “nuisance landfill odors that affect people’s enjoyment of their property.”

Beasley Allen shareholder Gibson Vance appointed to Troy University Board of Trustees

| February 29, 2012
C. Gibson Vance, a Troy University alumnus, has been named to the University's Board of Trustees by Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley. Vance is a shareholder in the Montgomery law firm of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.

Troy native, Beasley Allen shareholder Rhon Jones, serving on BP trial panel

The Troy Messenger | February 24, 2012
Rhon Jones, who was born in Troy and graduated from Charles Henderson High School, is one of 15 attorneys who were chosen for the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee in the multi-district litigation related to the Deepwater Horizon explosion an oil spill.

ASB Young Lawyers Section presents $1,000 grant to Volunteer Lawyers Program

| February 6, 2012
Navan Ward, Jr., President of the Alabama State Bar’s Young Lawyers Section, presented a check for $1,000 to representatives of the Alabama State Bar (ASB) Volunteer Lawyers Program (VLP). The money was collected by the Alabama Young Lawyers Section (AL YLS) during its annual fundraising activities. The VLP was chosen in recognition of its work with victims of the devastating 2011 tornados that ripped through much of Northeast Alabama.

Beasley Allen attorney Navan Ward to help lead Pinnacle hip implant litigation

| January 23, 2012
MONTGOMERY, ALA. (January 23, 2012) – Navan Ward, Jr., a shareholder with Montgomery based law firm Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. has been selected to serve on the Plaintiffs Steering Committee for multidistrict litigation (MDL) surrounding the DePuy Pinnacle hip implant. The litigation involves more than 500 cases consolidated under Judge James E. Kinkeade in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Pinnacle litigation involves allegations of serious adverse events associated with the Pinnacle Acetabular Cup System, a metal-on-metal hip implant. DePuy Orthopaedics is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.