Merck & Co. won its second Vioxx trial in less than a week when an Alabama jury rejected the claims of a man who blamed the once-popular pain medication for his heart attack in 2001.

The March of Dimes has named Montgomery lawyer at its 2006 Citizen of the Year for the River Region.

Kendall Dunson has been installed as president of the Alabama Lawyers Association. He is a shareholder at Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles in Montgomery, where he practices in product liability, general personal injury and worker’s compensation cases involving defective industrial machinery.

Each year the March of Dimes names an outstanding citizen from the River Region as its honoree for the March of Dimes Citizen of the year testimonial event.

Montgomery trial lawyer Jere Beasley has been named the March of Dimes Citizen of the year.

Edward Pickett drove to a grocery store to pick up some bacon, eggs and cheese Saturday morning and left with voting on his mind.

Nine jury trials into a docket of more than 14,000 cases, the early results in litigation surrounding Merck & Co., Inc.'s pain medication Vioxx are a mixed bag. The defense has chalked up four wins; a fifth defense victory, in New Jersey, was tossed out by a judge on August 17. Plaintiffs have w…

Nine jury trials into a docket of more than 14,000 cases, the early results in litigation surrounding Merck & Co., Inc. pain medication Vioxx are a mixed bag.

A surge of lawsuits has swamped courthouses just ahead of the two-year anniversary of drugmaker Merck & Co. pulling its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx from the market.

A Montgomery law firm has filed a joint lawsuit in federal court, alleging that Dollar General stores intentionally misclassified its store managers as executives to avoid paying them overtime.