School Bus Wreck Victims Family Files Lawsuit

The drivers of a school bus and a car involved in a deadly wrack on the interstate overpass in Huntsville have been names defendants in the first wrongful death lawsuit filed in the accident, which killed four teens.

Bus Crash Lawsuit Cites Seat Belts

The family of a Lee High School student killed in November's bus crash has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit, citing the lack of seat belts on the bus.

Family of Victim in Huntsville Bus Accident Files First Lawsuit

The drivers of a school bus car involved a deadly wreck on a interstate overpass in Huntsville have been names defendants in the first wrongful death lawsuit filed in the accident, which killed four teens.

Ex-FBI Agent Wins Vioxx Verdict

In the second -largest vioxx verdict to date, a federal jury in New Orleans awarded $51 million to a 62-year-old retired FBI agent who suffered a heart attack after taking Vioxx for two-and-a-half years.

Attorney Presses to Recall Seat Belts

A Montgomery lawyer will ask a vehicle safety company to recall 15,000 defective seat belts; despite the company's contention the buckles meet federal safety guidelines.

Cover Story Trail Lawyers New Confidence

Alabama trial lawyer C. Gibson Vance was feeling confident. At a December 6 dinner in Washington, the treasurer of the newly renamed American Association for Justice boasted that with the end of 12 years of Republican rule on Capital Hill, the plaintiffs bar was in the driver's seat.

Anti-Lawsuit Group Ask Cobb to Recue Herself from Exxon Case

Alabama Voters Against Lawsuit Abuse (AVALA) is calling for the Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb to recuse herself from the Exxon Mobil case.

Business Group Say Chief Justice Should Leave Exxon Case

The leader Alabama Voters Against Lawsuit Advise said the state's new chief justice should step aside from the hearing Exxon Mobil's appeal of the largest verdict in state history because of actions taken during her campaign that touched on the case.

Defense Wins Two More Vioxx Trials

Merck & Co. won its second Vioxx trial in less than a week when an Alabama jury rejected the claims of a man who blamed the once-popular pain medication for his heart attack in 2001.

Merck Pharmaceutical Drug War Comes to Heartland

The upcoming wrongful death lawsuit, Schwaller vs. Merck & Co, will be the first Vioxx case to be tried in the Illinois Circuit Court in Madison County and the first anywhere in the Midwest. It is possible that this case will set the tone for how Merck will handle cases in the future.