Green Eggs & Ham

It was 6:30 a.m. in New Orleans, and Russ Herman had worked up an appetite. "I met my son for breakfast," Herman said. "We had eggs over light, two biscuits, ham, and several cups of coffee. And we had a lot to talk about."

Major Drug Company Settles Suit for $4.85 Billion

More than 45,000 people nationwide filed suit against the company after suffering heart attacks, strokes and sudden cardiac deaths.

State Supreme Court Ruling May Put Freeze on Legislative Projects

The state Legislature may not have as much money to open up programs they wanted after the Alabama Court threw out nearly all of a record verdict against Exxon Mobile.

State Panel OKs Hiring Lawyers for Medicaid Case

The Alabama Legislature's Contract Review Committee on Thursday approved a contract to hire attorneys to represent the state in a massive lawsuit against 73 pharmaceutical companies.

Beasley Allen settles Vioxx suits for $4.85 billion

Merck & Co. announced Friday that it will pay $4.85 billion to settle as claims by as many as 47,000 groups of plaintiffs over injuries linked to its blockbuster Vioxx painkiller.

State Supreme Court lets Exxon Off Hook Once Again

The Alabama Supreme Court, by tossing nearly 99 percent of a $3.6 billion verdict against ExxonMobil, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, has refused to play Santa to state taxpayers.

Ruling Likely to Keep Judicial Races Pricey in Exxon Decision

Alabama has developed a reputation for the nation's most expensive Supreme Court races during a 12 year battle that has changed the court from all Democratic to overwhelmingly Republican.

By Mandatory Arbitration We Lost Our Home and Our Right to a Trial by a Jury

The first night in our new home, my husband tried out new Jacuzzi tub on the third floor. When he pulled the plug, 100 gallons of water crashed through our dining room ceiling into the dining room.

Binding Arbitration Bad for Consumers

You may have never heard of Binding Mandatory Arbitration, but that would not prevent this unfair practice, visited on unsuspecting consumers, from destroying your life.

Jury Can Hear 7 Tapes of Ex-General Re Executives

Jurors at the fraud trial of four former General Reinsurance Corp. executives can hear a taped conversation in which a witness said American International Group Inc. will "find ways to cook the books," a U.S. judge ruled.