At its regularly scheduled meeting Monday, Oct. 26, the Montgomery County Commission presented a Resolution officially declaring Pro Bono Week in Montgomery County, October 25-31, 2009. The resolution was presented by Commissioner E. Hamilton Wilson, Jr., to State Bar President Thomas J. Methvin of Montgomery (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.); Patrick L.W. "Pat" Sefton, President of the Montgomery County Bar Association (Sasser, Sefton, Tipton and Davis, P.C.); and Royal Dumas, Chairman of the MCBA Pro Bono Committee (Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole & Black, P.C.).

Once again beasleyallen.com driver Grant Enfinger gave it his all during the Carolina 200 at Rockingham North Carolina Sunday.

As she rode her 4-year-old gelding Quarter Horse, Vern, in the finals at the recent Music City Futurity cutting horse show in Franklin, Tennessee, Julia Beasley tried to relax. The horse trembled with intense concentration, anticipating the cow's next move to keep the cow in front of him. When it was over, the pair earned the Reserve Champion title. Sam Shepard, Julia's trainer, made the Open finals on Vern at the Music City Futurity. Vern was the Non-Pro Champion recently at Magnolia Classic in Canton, Mississippi, with Julia and was Open Reserve Champion with Sam Shepard riding him.

Montgomery based law firm Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., one of the country's leading firms involved in civil litigation on behalf of claimants, has named lawyer Chris Glover as its newest shareholder. Glover, who practices in the firm's Personal Injury Section, has dedicated his career to representing injured individuals and their families in a wide range of serious injury and death claims, including those that were a result of defective products, car, commercial truck and workplace accidents.

Last month, Toyota and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a safety advisory alerting the owners of 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles to remove the driver's side floor mats in their cars. The mats, Toyota said, could slide forward and interfere with the gas pedal, causing a dangerous unintended acceleration situation. The recall is the largest ever for Toyota and the fifth largest recall of a consumer product in the United States.

U.S. District Court Judge Renee Marie Bumb ruled October 9 that people residing on property near the Dupont Chambers Works facility in Deepwater, New Jersey, are eligible to pursue a class action lawsuit against the company. The suit alleges Dupont has contaminated  area drinking water wells and the local public water supply system with a toxic chemical called PFOA (or C8), ammonium pefluorooctanoate.

Toyota Motor Corp. informed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in a letter on Monday that it is formally recalling 3.8 million Toyota vehicles. The recall is an effort to correct the problem of unintended acceleration many drivers of Toyota vehicles have experienced. The car manufacturer suspects that improperly secured and mismatched car mats can interfere with the gas pedal, causing it to jam in full open position. The recall is Toyota's largest recall ever and the sixth largest recall in the U.S., according to the NHTSA.

Toyota has announced it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States as a result of a dangerous problem with the vehicle floor mats, which may interfere with the vehicle's accelerator, causing uncontrolled accleration leading to loss of control of the vehicle and a crash. The NHTSA and Toyota advise that car owners should immediately remove the driver's side floor mat, and should not replace it.

"Stay in school" was President Obama's message to the nation's schoolchildren Tuesday as a new academic year opened throughout much of the country. The message was echoed by Inez Tenenbaum, Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, as she traveled back to South Carolina, her home state, to meet with students and faculty at a Columbia elementary school. However, Tenenbaum's message to students emphasized staying in school by remaining safety conscious and staying out of the hospital.

Nearly 200 people gathered at the Birmingham home of David Shelby on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009, for the Magic in the Moonlight Gala, benefitting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Thomas J. Methvin, managing shareholder of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. law firm in Montgomery was honored as the 2009 recipient of The Sheena Diane Ayers Humanitarian Award for his longtime dedication and service to the cause of Cystic Fibrosis awareness and research.