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Scaffolding Company Pays $1.5 Million to Settle Construction Worker’s On-the-Job Injury

June 21, 2012

Beasley Allen on-the-job injury lawyers secured a $1.5 million settlement against Scaffolding Concepts LLC on behalf of Johnny Huffman, a construction worker who suffered catastrophic…

Beasley Allen attorney secures $2.3 million jury verdict for plaintiffs harmed by landfill

April 3, 2012

LEE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA – (April 2, 2012) Beasley Allen attorney William E. Hopkins, Jr., along with co-counsel Gary Poliakoff, secured a $2.3 million verdict…

Trial Court awards $38.2 million to the State of Mississippi in Beasley Allen Medicaid fraud lawsuit

September 2, 2011

MONTGOMERY, ALA. (September 2, 2011) – Today Judge Thomas L. Zebert found in favor of the State of Mississippi in its case against pharmaceutical company…

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Beasley Allen clients say BP oil spill, dispersants ruined health

June 28, 2011

Beasley Allen attorneys are representing at least 200 clients who claim they fell ill after being exposed to oil from BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill and…

Jury awards $1.18 million verdict for Beasley Allen plaintiff in business fraud case

March 22, 2011

A Charleston County jury awarded $1,189,408 to Plaintiff Clifford Hansen, after concluding he had been excluded by advisors from a business transaction he originally developed…

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Class Action Settlement Involving Unearned Premiums For Credit Insurance

January 23, 2009

Our firm recently settled a class action lawsuit involving refunds of unearned premiums for persons who purchased credit insurance using a single premium but who…

Beasley Allen settles Vioxx suits for $4.85 billion

November 9, 2007

In Nov. 2007, drugmaker Merck & Co. announced it would pay $4.85 billion to resolve claims that anti-inflammatory medication, Vioxx, caused heart attacks, strokes and…

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Beasley Allen Law Firm Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit

September 25, 2007

Our firm recently settled a wrongful death case involving a beautiful 18-year old young lady, Keely Griffin. She was a passenger in a Mitsubishi Montero…

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Wal-Mart to Pay $4M in Tire Lawsuit

April 23, 2007

Wal-Mart will pay a $4 million judgment to Carolyn Thorne in a lawsuit stemming from a tire failure three years ago that caused a wreck…

IMMI Defective Seat Belt Case Settles

January 29, 2007

Mr. Freeman, a truck driver, was killed when he was ejected from the large truck (tractor-trailer) he was driving on an Alabama highway back in…

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Workers Awarded $4.2 Million After Falling Through Skylight on Roof of Freight Company Warehouse

November 20, 2006

Beasley Allen personal injury attorneys secured a $4.2 million verdict against FedEx Freight East (formerly American Freightways Inc.), on behalf of Daniel Olive and Jeffrey…

Jury Returns $11.9 Billion Verdict Against Exxon Mobil

November 14, 2003

The financially troubled state government won an $11.9 billion verdict against Exxon Mobil Corp. Friday in a suit over disputed natural gas royalties.

Monsanto and Solutia Sign $700 million Settlement

August 22, 2003

In 2003, Monsanto Co. and Solutia, Inc. agreed to pay $700 million to settle two lawsuits that accused them of polluting Anniston, Alabama, over decades…

$700 million settlement reached in Alabama PCB case

August 20, 2003

BIRMINGHAM – Solutia, Inc. and Monsanto, Co. have agreed to pay $700 million to settle claims by more than 20,000 Anniston residents over PCB contamination,…

Whirlpool Ordered to Pay $581 million in Alabama Satellite-Dish Finance Case

May 20, 1999

In 1999, Whirlpool Financial National Bank was ordered to pay over $580 million after a jury determined it defrauded thousands of Alabama consumers. Whirlpool was…

Whirlpool Preying on the Poor

April 7, 1999

Whirlpool paid $580 million in punitive damages making it if not the biggest settlement in US history, one of the biggest. The story is indicative…

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