A lawsuit that resulted in a $122 million verdict against General Motors in 2002 – one of the ten largest that year – was settled this month as attorneys prepared for new trial in the case.

A case involving a Bullock County man that has man made its way through the Alabama court system was settled last Friday.

The death of a teenager last week from liver failure is raising questions anew about an antidepressant that continues to be available in the U.S. despite having been removed from the market in other countries.

UNION SPRINGS – A lawsuit that originally resulted in a $122 million verdict against General Motors was settled out of court Friday as attorneys prepared for new trial in the case.

UNION SPRINGS, Ala. (AP) – A lawsuit that originally resulted in a $122 million verdict against General Motors was settled out of court Friday as attorneys prepared for new trial in the case.

ANNISTON, Ala. - When the lawyers arrived in Anniston, joy spread like shivers from one front porch to the next.

Apr. 12 –ANNISTON, Ala. – David Baker helped persuade powerful lawyers some years ago to represent thousands of people possibly harmed by toxic PCB contamination form a nearby chemical plant. He also recruited dozens of the plaintiffs.

A Montgomery, Ala., judge slashed a jury verdict Exxon Mobil Corp. to $3.5 billion from $11.8 billion to bring it closed in line with U.S. Supreme Court guidelines.

NASHVILLE, TENN. – Bershire Hathaway Inc.’s General Re Corp. conspired to fool regulators into allowing a failing insurance firm to stay in business, according to a $1 billion (U.S.) fraud lawsuit by the Tennessee insurance commissioner.

Stamford- based General Reinsurance Corp., a reinsurance company owned by billionaire Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is under legal fire for its alleged role in the collapse of five companies.