Overturning Exxon verdict appears political, Gov. Bob Riley's legal adviser seemed surprised that the Alabama Supreme Court struck down the record $3.6 billion verdict for the state against the ExxonMobil Corp. in a dispute over natural gas pumped from Mobile Bay.

Gov. Bob Riley said Friday it probably wouldn't do any good to ask the Alabama Supreme Court to reconsider its 8-1 decision throwing out nearly all of a $3.6 billion judgment the state won against Exxon Mobil.

The Alabama Supreme Court has thrown out nearly all of a record $3.6 billion verdict that the state government won against Exxon Mobil in a dispute over natural gas royalties.

The Alabama Supreme Court on Thursday threw out nearly all of a record $3.6 billion verdict that the state government won against Exxon Mobil Corp. in a dispute over natural gas royalties.

Like many people, Carolyne Thorne once thought recalled tires got whisked off cars quickly in the name of highway safety.

Daimler-Chrysler has settled a wrongful death claim brought by the family of Felix Lassiter who was killed as the result of a defect in his 2004 Dodge Ram-2500.

Our firm filed a case recently that involved the death of a young wife and mother, who was electrocuted while working in a chicken house located on her property in Barbour County, Alabama.

Consumer advocates contend that the new rules relating to tires contain language that protects tire manufacturers from lawsuits - language that wasn't included in the original proposal.

The French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis has agreed to pay $190 million to settle allegations of fraud in the pricing and marketing of Anzement, a drug used for cancer treatment side effects.

ExxonMobil is one of the most powerful and influential corporations in the world when it comes to political clout.