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 …

Tens of thousands of customers of a Household International unit have been excluded from the lender’s multimillion-dollar payment to settle claims of abusive lending practices, consumer experts said Thursday. Although the settlement covers at least 300,000 Household customers nationwide, the l…

Thursday was one for the history books. The sun shone brightly on the steps of the Calhoun County Courthouse as resident of western Anniston squeezed together to hear confirmed what they already knew to be true. It was the moment they may remember as marking the wait’s end and the future&rsquo…

After years of litigation, the companies accused of contaminating local waterways, floodplains, homes and people with PCBs have agreed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation. While it’s still unknown which victims will received how much, plaintiffs’ lawyers and representa…

ANNISTON – Sylvia Curry stood outside the Calhoun County Courthouse Thursday morning and was hailed as a hero in the historic, seven-year legal battle against a corporate polluter. “I know this is not going to take the place of our health, but this will help a lot of people enjoy what li…

HOUSTON (CNI) – Monsanto’s fear of a Solutia bankruptcy and Pfizer’s offer to help establish a medical clinic rank as the key factors that prompted an historic settlement of pollution claims in Alabama, an attorney for residents told CNI Thursday. “Fear of a Solutia bankruptc…