Beasley Allen law firm has reached a settlement agreement on behalf of the family of Nicole Ford, a Lee High School student who was killed when her school bus crashed Nov. 20, 2007, in Huntsville, Ala., and plunged 30 feet from a highway overpass to the ground below. Ms. Ford was among 40 students traveling to the Huntsville Technology Center who were involved in the tragic crash. None of the students was wearing a seatbelt.

PCA is a church for the homeless that provides them worship service and a hot meal. We will be donating gifts to the shelter this Christmas. They are in need of blankets, clothes, hygiene items and more. For more information, please contact Willa Carpenter at 495-1553

There is an effort currently underway to remove the rights of consumers to seek justice through the court system when they are injured by a product or drug. The issue is preemption, and it would essentially provide companies with immunity from lawsuits despite negligent action on their part.

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 represent the City of Montgomery and its Police Department in an effort to recover money spent for new video surveillance equipment that failed to function properly. The equipment, which included surveillance cameras mounted in police patrol cars and related support software, was purchased from North Carolina-based Integrian.

Six students representing St. James High School made it into the Top 10 team playoff round of the 2008 YMCA High School Mock Trial Competition, held Nov. 8 and 9 at the Montgomery County Courthouse. The team was coached by Beasley Allen attorney Clay Barnett, along with Scott Green and Kevin Davidson, both Assistant District Attorneys in Montgomery.

The 2nd Annual Beasley Allen Retreat will be held on November 21-22, 2008 at the Renaissance Hotel & Spa in Montgomery, Alabama. For more information, please contact Renee Lindsey at (334) 269-2343.

Controversy surrounding Vytorin continues to escalate, this time as federal and state prosecutors investigate Merck and Schering-Plough's conduct in marketing the drug. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, many government officials suspect that the companies' marketing of Vytorin may have been misleading and improper.

So how much do you think your life is worth? $100M? $20M? $420? According to a the IVEY MEMO, the value of your life is $200,000. Evidently, GM saved over $250M by letting a few hundred people burn to death in their cars.

Tom Methvin, Beasley Allen's managing shareholder, was recently named President of the Board of Directors for Brantwood Children's Home. Brantwood currently serves children ranging in age from 10-21, including transitional programs to help older youths move from dependent care to independent living situations. More than just a roof over their heads, Brantwood provides youngsters torn from their traditional family through often traumatic circumstances a place to belong.