Beasley Allen Shareholder Gibson Vance, who is currently serving as President of the American Association for Justice, is a featured speaker and panelist at the National Lawyer's Convention. This event is presented by The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies. Vance is speaking on Saturday, Nov. 20, and will participate in a panel discussion on the topic "Ideas for Structural Change: Term Limits, Reviving the Right to Civil Jury Trial, Moving Administrative Law Judges to Article III, and Others" at 2:30 p.m. CST.
bioMerieux, Inc. VITEK 2 Gram Negative Susceptibility Cards that contain the combination antibiotic Piperacillin/Tazobactam are being recalled by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because they are reporting incorrect results for testing the susceptibility of E. coli and K. pneumoniae. Incorrect results could potentially lead to patients being inappropriately treated with Piperacillin/Tazobactam, which could cause serious injury or death.
SIGMA Spectrum Infusion Pumps, used to deliver fluids and other products into the body, are being recalled by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because the pumps may fail and lead to serious injury or death in patients using them. The recall is listed as a Class 1, the most serious type of recall, and involves situations in which there is a reasonable probability that use of these products will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
Beasley Allen Law Firm hosted its fourth annual Legal Strategies Conference & Expo at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center Friday, Nov. 19, and Saturday, Nov. 20. The event provides continuing legal education (CLE) credits and is open to all Alabama lawyers in private practice. The conference has grown steadily each year, from about 400 lawyers in 2007 to more than 1,400 registered this year.
The families of Beasley Allen attorneys J. Cole Portis, head of the firm's Personal Injury Section, and Andy Birchfield, head of the firm's Mass Torts Section, were selected by the Family Guidance Center of Alabama as winners of the 22nd annual Families of the Year Awards. The awards recognize outstanding families in the community who pull together when times are tough, work toward a common goal, celebrate accomplishments, and most importantly, love unconditionally.
Beasley Allen Law Firm presented the eleventh Wii gaming system in its year-long "Wii Give Back!" campaign to The Learning Place, Wednesday, Nov. 10. The Learning Place serves Prattville and Millbrook, providing tutoring and a K-12 day school that specializes in helping children with learning disabilities. The presentation was held at 11 a.m. in Prattville.
A type of cheese recently sold and offered free to customers during in-store tastings at Costco Wholesale Corp. outlets in five states has been preliminarily linked to the potentially deadly bacteria E.coli. At least 25 have become sick and nine hospitalized with E.coli after eating the cheese.
Pumps used to infuse medications and other fluids into critically ill pediatric patients and newborns are being recalled because a defect in the product may cause it to stop working. A delay or interruption in the therapy these products provide could cause serious injury or death in the young patients it is used on.
About 23,000 infant car seats made by Britax are being recalled by the manufacturer because the harness chest clip can break and cut or scratch infants. Britax has received four reports of the clip breaking and injuries reported include minor lacerations and scratches to the arms and a finger. One report involved an infant putting the clip in his mouth.
Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has filed a lawsuit in East Baton Rouge Parish District Court alleging that 18 drug companies have ripped off state taxpayers by overcharging the Medicaid program. The suit says that the companies misreported their drug prices in a deliberate effort to increase the payments they receive from the Louisiana Medicaid system. Block Law Firm of Thibodaux and Beasley, Allen, Crow Methvin, Portis & Miles of Montgomery, Ala., signed the suit, along with Caldwell. Beasley Allen is among the nation's leading plaintiffs firms. Attorneys working on this case from Beasley Allen are W. Daniel Miles, III, head of the firm's Consumer Fraud Section, Roman Shaul, and Alison Douillard.
