Occidental Chemical has been named as the primary defendant in what may soon become a class action lawsuit. The suit was filed in Colbert County Circuit Court on January 10th, and according to attorneys, hundreds have added their names.

A 3.6 billion verdict won by the stat against Exxon Mobil goes before the Alabama Supreme Court on appeal Tuesday with the company arguing the judgment-bigger that the state's General Fund budget-is unconstitutionally excessive.

Attorneys for the state of Alabama and ExxonMobil Corp. plan to argue before the state Supreme Court on Tuesday in appeal of a jury's verdict that Exxon owes the state $3.6 billion.

Attorneys on both sides said they hoped the Supreme Court would rule on the case within two or three months of the hearing, but there's no guarantee that it will.

Exxon Mobil Corp. is set to argue in front of Alabama Supreme Court on Tuesday that a $3.6 billion fraud judgment against the company is unconstitutional and should be overturned.

Driver at fault for not wearing seat belt, because the driver was not wearing a seat belt, the lawsuit says, he lost control and the bus plowed into the 32-inch high retaining wall.

A Montgomery lawyer will ask a vehicle safety company to recall 15,000 defective seat belts; despite the company's contention the buckles meet federal safety guidelines.

Mr. Freeman, a truck driver, was killed when he was ejected from the large truck (tractortrailer) he was driving on an Alabama highway back in 2005. IMMI was the manufacturer of a seat belt buckle which was part of the safety restraint in the truck Mr. Freeman was driving.

The driver of a school bus and a car involved in a deadly wreck in Huntsville have been named defendants in the first wrongful death lawsuit filed in the accident, which killed four teens.

Alabama trial lawyer C. Gibson Vance was feeling confident. At a December 6 dinner in Washington, the treasurer of the newly renamed American Association for Justice boasted that with the end of 12 years of Republican rule on Capital Hill, the plaintiffs bar was in the driver's seat.