Four of Beasley Allen's attorneys were selected for inclusion on the 2008 Alabama Super Lawyers list of the best attorneys in the state. The magazine, published in partnership with Law & Politics and Business Alabama magazines, uses a multi-step evaluation process to select lawyers for its "best of" list, incorporating peer recognition and professional achievement. Only 5 percent of the total lawyers in Alabama are listed in Super Lawyers.

Mesothelioma (asbestos cancer) is a highly aggressive, rare form of cancer. Beasley Allen knows mesothelioma harms many families each year, and we understand that your mesothelioma lawyer must do more than just handle the claim on your behalf. We want to help your family through this difficult time and make certain the manufacturers of unsafe asbestos products compensate you.

Jere Beasley was nearly broke and looking for work after getting whipped in a race for governor 30 years ago. Since then, the rural Alabama lawyer has reemerged as a powerhouse plaintiffs' attorney whose firm counts more than $20 billion in verdicts and settlements.

A New York City jury awarded $2.25 million in the case of 73 year old Leonard Shafer who had exposure to asbestos in his workplace as a civilian employee at the New York Naval Shipyard (Brooklyn Navy Yard) in the 1950's. Attorneys for the family of Mr. Shafer helped prove Shafer developed pleural mesothelioma, which is an aggressive, incurable cancer during his career at the Shipyard.

Beasley Allen settled a wrongful death case recently against Georgia Pacific Corporation that arose out of a workplace incident.

Beasley Allen represented a client whose prosthetic leg failed due to an improper fitting by the prosthetist.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has finally set seat belts standards for school buses.

Studies estimate that during the next decade, 100,000 victims in the United States will die of an asbestos related disease - equaling 30 deaths per day.

Thomas J. Methvin, managing shareholder at Beasley Allen law firm will be speaking on the topic, "How to Conduct an Intake and Investigation," at The Boot Camp for Litigating an Automobile Accident Case Seminar. The seminar is being held at University of Alabama School of Law in Tuscaloosa on Friday, September 21, 2007.

The N.C. Supreme Court ruled that families of four of the eight inmates who died in the 2002 Mitchell County jail fire and one survivor can sue the state for negligence.