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Personal Injury

Julia Beasley, a lawyer with the Montgomery based law firm Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Lee County teacher who was injured in an incident that occurred on the campus of Auburn University. Frankie Askew Bell, an Auburn-area teacher, was severely injured when she was struck by a car while crossing the street on campus in November.




Personal Injury

Julia Beasley, a lawyer with Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the family of Laura Pullam, a paramedic who was killed Dec. 15 while on the job with Care Ambulance. Ms. Pullam was working the scene of a vehicle accident on Interstate 65 in Montgomery County, Ala., when she was struck by a pick-up truck.




Personal Injury

Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. has filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Barbour County against Saxio Algermany Strothers and two insurance companies. The firm represents Jeff and Sandra Richards after a collision with Strothers on July 24, 2010.




Personal Injury

Montgomery law firm Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court for Calhoun County, Alabama, on behalf of the family of Barry Sloan, who was killed July 24 when the radio tower on which he was working collapsed. Beasley Allen attorneys Jere L. Beasley, J. Cole Portis, Chris D.Glover and James D. Walker are representing the plaintiff, Alyson Cornelius Sloan. Defendants named in the suit are Barnhart Crane & Rigging Co., Inc., and David Stephens.




Personal Injury

Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange presented a proclamation today to Wendi Lewis of www.myMeso.org declaring April 1-7 as Asbestos Awareness Week in the city of Montgomery, Alabama. The proclamation supports National Asbestos Awareness Week, as established by Senate Resolution 427.




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MONTGOMERY, ALA. (September 21, 2009)  - Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange has officially designated Saturday, Sept. 26, as Mesothelioma Awareness Day in Montgomery. The recognition goes hand-in-hand with a nationwide Mesothelioma Awareness Day campaign under the direction of the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation).




Personal Injury

In his work as a product liability attorney for Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., J.P. Sawyer saw far too many instances of children injured or killed in vehicle accidents because they were not properly secured. Even if child safety seats were present, many times even the best-intentioned parents do not properly install them, rendering them ineffective, with tragic results. Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange presented Sawyer with a proclamation on Sept. 11, recognizing Sept. 12-18 as Child Passenger Safety Week.




Personal Injury

A Chilton County jury awarded the Sanderson family of Clanton, Ala., a verdict of $3.5 million for the death of James Sanderson, who was killed when the van he was driving was crushed between two logging trucks. Beasley Allen attorneys Benjamin E. Baker and J. Cole Portis represented the Sanderson family, including James Sanderson's widow, Annie M. Sanderson, and children, Derek, Josh and Amy Sanderson; against defendants Ken Gorum Trucking and Gary Fruge.




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Complaint alleges nursing home facility put profits over people, misrepresenting its ability to properly care for residents in order to hold onto government funding.




Personal Injury

MONTGOMERY, ALA, January 30, 2009 -- A lawsuit was filed today in the Circuit Court of Baldwin County, Ala., on behalf of the family of Leroy Myers, a decorated war veteran who died as the result of a fall on May 3, 2007, while under supervised nursing care at the W.F. Green State Veterans Home. Defendants named in the suit include HMR Advantage Health Systems, Inc.; Health Management Resources - Governmental Services, Inc.; HMR of Bay Minette, Inc.; and Health Management Resources, Inc. All of these companies had the responsibility for operation and management of the facility.