Montgomery, Ala. - Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has filed a class action suit on behalf of property owners damaged by the Dec. 22, 2008 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant. Located 40 miles west of Knoxville, Tenn., the plant released 1.1 billion gallons of toxin-laden sludge into a rural neighborhood when a waste storage pond retaining wall failed. The suit is filed against the TVA, the nation's largest public utility, over potentially the most significant environmental disaster since the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WATE) -- An Alabama law firm with an environmental department has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of people whose property was damaged by the ash slide at TVA's Kingston Fossil Plant.

An Alabama law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority on behalf of property owners impacted by a recent coal ash spill in East Tennessee that experts are now beginning to say may be the most significant environmental disaster in the United States since the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989.

Beasley Allen attorneys Rhon Jones and David Byrne are fighting to make a difference in the lives of those threatened by environmental toxins that contaminate waterways, soil and wildlife, endangering human health and life. These are often difficult and complex cases because of the variety of scientific and technical issues involved, and because of the many people whose lives are affected by environmental hazards.

Beasley Allen is currently evaluating claims on behalf of property owners affected by a devastating coal ash spill in Tennessee.

More than 900 attorneys attended the second annual Beasley Allen Retreat at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center Friday, Nov. 21 and Saturday, Nov. 22. The retreat provides continuing education credits and is open to all Alabama lawyers in private practice.

MONTGOMERY, ALA. - Beasley Allen law firm will hosts its second annual Beasley Allen Retreat at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center beginning Friday, Nov. 21 and continuing on Saturday, Nov. 22. The retreat provides continuing education credits and is open to all Alabama lawyers in private practice. More than 900 attorneys from throughout the state are expected to attend.

The city of Columbus was awarded $3.4 million Tuesday for its share of punitive damages in its lawsuit against a Phenix City plant. The city of Columbus, local boat dealer John Tharpe and south Columbus resident Owen Ditchfield won their suit against Continental Carbon in 2004. They had said their homes, businesses and buildings had been damaged by carbon black dust emitted from the plant.

Lawsuits filed in federal and state court by several residents living near a yeast plant north of Headland claim the noxious odor coming from the plant is such a nuisance that it disrupts their quality of life, and are asking the court to award damages in their favor.

The United States Supreme Court on Friday rejected all further appeals of punitive damages in a nearly 4-year-old pollution verdict of more than $20.7 million against a Phenix City plant. In 2004 a federal jury ruled in favor of the city of Columbus, Ga., local boat dealer John Tharpe and South Columbus resident Owen Ditchfield in their suit against the Continental Carbon plant.