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In a long overdue move last month, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced it will stop selling talc-based Baby Powder worldwide next year. It was a move the Beasley Allen Talc Litigation Team has been pursuing for nearly nine years.
Penn Law and Beasley Allen lawyers secured a more than $45 million settlement on behalf of a 9-year-old boy crushed in an automobile vehicle crash and left paralyzed. The lawyers uncovered evidence that an illegal lift kit installed in a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited contributed to the child’s injuries, including paraplegia. Beasley Allen auto crash lawyer Chris […]
Our lawyers, Mike Andrews and Cole Portis, along with lawyers from Mason Carter, have settled a lawsuit for the family of Lauren Harrington against the Estate of Jonathan Rosen, who was piloting a plane that crashed upon taking off at the Dekalb-Peachtree Airport near Atlanta in October 2021. Ms. Harrington, 42, was one of four […]
Equifax sent lenders false credit scores between, at a minimum, March 17 and April 6 this year, blaming the problem on a “coding issue” or a technology glitch. Some reported credit scores were off by 25 points or more, causing consumers to be forced to pay higher interest rates or even receive an outright denial […]
Legal experts say the decision by Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) to halt future sales and distribution of talc-based products worldwide, including its iconic Johnson’s Baby Powder, points to mounting pressure on the company to resolve tens of thousands of legal claims brought by ovarian cancer and mesothelioma victims. Numerous scientific studies spanning decades have […]
A dangerous and defective military aircraft has claimed five more U.S. Marines. The Marines were on board an MV-22 Osprey that crashed near the Glamis community in California on June 9, The Washington Post reported. The area is in the desert east of San Diego and north of the Mexican border. The aircraft was part of the […]
In a nutshell, asbestos litigation comes down to (1) product identification, (2) causation and (3) liability. It is generally agreed that asbestos causes mesothelioma, but the defendants in asbestos litigation rarely admit that their asbestos caused the mesothelioma. Instead, the defendants attempt to identify alternative sources of asbestos that they can argue were the real […]
The U.S. Supreme Court will review a case brought originally by a relator on behalf of the federal government in 2012. The justices will consider: whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) can dismiss qui tam suits brought under the False Claims Act (FCA), despite a relator’s objection, and if the agency can do so after refusing to […]
Wyatt Montgomery and Evan Allen in our firm’s Mobile, Alabama, office are investigating a potential automotive products liability case involving one death and one catastrophic injury. The potential case arises from a car wreck on I-10 in Baldwin County, Alabama. The wreck was caused when a young woman’s vehicle lost power while she was driving down the interstate. […]
Recently, Parker Miller, a lawyer in our Atlanta office, reached a confidential settlement with Masquerade, Inc., a large venue in downtown Atlanta, for wrongful death claims stemming from a mass shooting event at a concert. The shooting occurred in November 2017. The hail of gunfire took the lives of 22-year-old Giovan Diaz and 21-year-old Ewell Ynoa. […]
Chris Glover of Beasley Allen’s Atlanta office recently filed a trucking lawsuit stemming from a fatal accident in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
Since the late 1700s, mining has been an established industry and job creator throughout the country. While mining creates job opportunities for many, it can be very dangerous and life-threatening work. Whether underground or surface mining, miners work in an environment that exposes them to hazards such as collapsing structures, falling debris, elevated heights, extended […]
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