Beasley Allen in the News

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Schools Cut Deal in Sex Abuse Lawsuit

| June 13, 2007
The Autauga County Board of Education and the parents of six children who were touched improperly by a former substitute teacher have reached an agreement in a personal injury lawsuit against the school board.

Plaintiffs' Lawyers Tackle Drug Price-Fixing Litigation for States

| June 4, 2007

Plaintiffs' trial attorneys are taking on a new challenge: representing state attorneys general, health insurance plans and consumer groups in complex pharmaceutical pricing class-action suits.

Carbon Black Maker Pays $2 million in Damages

| June 1, 2007

Almost three years after a U.S. District Court jury returned an almost $2 million damage award against Continental Carbon Co. of Phenix City, the company is paying the city of Columbus, a south Columbus businessman and an Oakland Park resident what the jury said was their due. Plus interest.

Alabama Supreme Court rules on State's Lawsuit against Drug Firms

| June 1, 2007

The Alabama Supreme Court sided with drug companies Friday in deciding how to try the state government's lawsuit accusing the companies of causing about $600 million in overcharges to the Alabama Medicaid Agency.

District Court Orders New Trial in Vioxx Case Based on Misrepresentation by Mercks Expert Cardiologist

| May 31, 2007
Judge Eldon E. Fallon, presiding judge over the federal Vioxx consolidated proceedings, In re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation MDL (No. 1657), ordered a new trial today in Evelyn Irvin Plunkett v. Merck & Co. Judge Fallon, a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, found that there was clear and convincing evidence that during the second trial of the Irvin case, Merck's expert cardiologist, Dr. Barry Rayburn, misrepresented his qualifications to the Court and to the jury.

Judge has Ordered a Third Trial in Vioxx Lawsuit

| May 30, 2007
A federal judge has ordered a third trial in a lawsuit by a woman who blamed Merck & Co.'s painkiller Vioxx for the heart attack that killed her husband.

Judge Orders New Vioxx Trial

| May 30, 2007
A federal judge has ordered a third trial in a lawsuit by a woman who blamed Merck & Co.'s painkiller Vioxx for the heart attack that killed her husband.

Hatton Family Continues its Fight in Court

Opelika-Auburn News | May 9, 2007
Today marks two years since 24-year-old Jackson Hatton Jr. was killed in a construction zone accident in Macon County, but circumstances that led to his death are no closer to being rectified than they were the day he died.

Products Liability Law Reporter

The American Association for Justice | May 9, 2007
Freeman, 48, was driving a tractor-trailer on the highway when he was involved in an offset frontal collision. On impact, the truck left the road and rolled over.

Woods Family is Suing Goodyear Tire

| May 7, 2007
"Their retirement dream vacation turned into a nightmare,"said The family's attorney, Rick Morrison, of Beasley Allen in Montgomery, Ala.