The Alabama Supreme Court refused a last-minute request by Exxon Mobil to stop jury selection Wednesday for the retrial of the state’s record-setting lawsuit against the oil company.

The Alabama Supreme Court refused a last-minute request by Exxon Mobil to stop jury selection Wednesday for the retrial of the state’s record-setting lawsuit against the oil company.

Dr. Phillip C. McGraw is in town helping lawyers for Exxon in the fraud case brought against the huge corporation by the State of Alabama.

With the filing deadline fast approaching, thousands of mortgage customers in Florida have yet to claim their share of a $23 million predatory-lending settlement with finance giant Household International, Inc., state officials say.

ANNISTON, ALA (August 26, 2003) – In a landmark case involving approximately 18,000 plaintiffs, The Cochran Firm announced that they have reached a $700 million environmental case settlement against defendant Monsanto, Pharmacia and Solutia, Inc. The plaintiffs, consisting of Anniston, Alabama…

In Montgomery, Alabama, Ben and Lula Johnson could lose their house, CBS News Correspondent Mark Strassmann reports.

A jury has awarded $12 million to the mother of a Mississippi man killed when a defective truck cab guard did not prevent a shifting load from crushing him to death.

Montgomery attorney Jere Beasley believes his firm has settled the largest personal injury and property damage claims arising from environmental contamination in U.S. history. A global settlement in excess of $700 million was reached last week for damages related to polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) co…

PCBs: Monsanto Co. and Solutia, Inc. sign an agreement that could cost more than $700 million to settle two lawsuits accusing the companies of polluting the town of Anniston, Alabama, with polychlorinated biphenyls over a period of decades. (Tolbert v Monsanto, N.C. Ala., No. CV-01-C-1407-W, 8/20/30…

BIRMINGHAM – Shares in Solutia, Inc. more than tripled in value Thursday after the company settled thousands of claims over PCB pollution in Alabama, but it could be months before victims learn how much they receive under the deal. Stock in the St. Louis-based company surged $3.10 to close at …