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Nursing Home Whistleblower Dies of Coronavirus Infection
A whistleblower nurse who accused a Massachusetts nursing home of covering up a resident’s coronavirus infections and taking inadequate safety measures to protect patients and…
Alabama Governor launches Ribbons of Hope campaign
Flanked by pastors from the Montgomery, Alabama, area, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey launched a new campaign called Ribbons of Hope, which is intended to encourage…
Whistleblower who exposed dangerous Arizona prison conditions found dead
A whistleblower who exposed alleged corruption and cell doors that didn’t properly lock inside an Arizona corrections facility has been found dead of an apparent…
Tampa businessman killed in plane crash reported engine problems
Federal authorities are investigating a plane crash in Charleston, South Carolina, that killed a Tampa businessman on March 21, minutes after the pilot reported experiencing…
Zantac recall has heartburn sufferers looking for safer alternatives
Millions of American heartburn sufferers were suddenly left in the lurch after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced April 1 that it was pulling…
PricewaterhouseCoopers lawsuit results in $12 million applicant age bias settlement
A PricewaterhouseCoopers lawsuit has resulted in a payment of nearly $12 million to a group of unsuccessful job applicants, to resolve a suit in California…
JUUL litigation update – expanding field of defendants
The Plaintiffs Steering Committee (PSC) for the JUUL multidistrict litigation (MDL) in the Northern District of California recently filed amended master individual and class action…
Whistleblower leads U.S. to $11 million judgment against hospital owner
A whistleblower was instrumental in bringing a Medicare fraud case that ended with a jury verdict of nearly $11 million against a Gulfport, Mississippi, hospital…
Pharmacy owner identifies possible cancer-causing agent in Zantac
When Adam Clark-Joseph’s infant daughter was prescribed ranitidine syrup for acid reflux, the same medicine used in the brand-name medicine Zantac, he was hesitant. Was there…
Beasley Allen applauds the FDA in pulling Zantac heartburn drugs off the market over cancer concerns
Beasley Allen lawyers applaud the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) move to pull the heartburn medicine Zantac and generic drugs containing the ingredient ranitidine off…
FDA seeks to remove all Zantac heartburn drugs from market
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting that all prescription and over-the-counter versions of the heartburn drug ranitidine, known by the brand name Zantac,…
Beasley Allen provides dinner to all Montgomery hospital ER and ICU nurses
Unprecedented times call for communities to come together in ways we never thought necessary. Beasley Allen staff member Mary Causey brought her idea of feeding…
Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan door lock problems investigation
Beasley Allen is investigating Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan sliding door lock problems. Owners of 2015-2019 Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town…
Traumatic Brain Injury Month spotlights need for national TBI registry
March is Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Awareness Month in the U.S., and while the coronavirus pandemic has eclipsed TBI topics in the media, important research…
Beasley Allen and Covid-19
What is happening in our state, the nation and around the world right now with the coronavirus (COVID-19) is unprecedented. But we understand that our…
Canada recalls diabetes drug metformin due to probable carcinogen
Health Canada has announced the recall of a third metformin drug — a first-line treatment for diabetes — due to the presence of the probable…
Indiana woman killed in underride crash with tractor-trailer
An Indiana woman lost her life last month when her vehicle struck the back of a Volvo semi-tractor-trailer in slowed traffic, resulting in a deadly…
Minority workers talk of culture of racism and abuse at Molson Coors
Several current and former Molson Coors employees and others familiar with the iconic Milwaukee brewery told the press that the company has a history of…
Alabama worker decapitated on the job at Keystone chicken plant
An Alabama worker was reportedly decapitated Tuesday, March 3, while cleaning industrial equipment inside the Tyson Foods-owned Keystone chicken processing plant. Carlos Lynn, 39, worked…
Bayer’s chairman to leave amid Roundup litigation
Bayer AG Chairman Werner Wenning is leaving the German drugs and chemicals company before his term expires. He leaves with the ill-advised Monsanto acquisition and…
Three Tuscaloosa-bound businessmen killed in Georgia plane crash
Three people were killed in a small plane crash outside of Athens, Georgia, Tuesday afternoon, Oconee County officials confirmed. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said…
Whistleblower leads U.S. to $11.85 million Sanofi-Aventis settlement
A whistleblower who sued Sanofi-Aventis U.S. for allegedly scheming Medicare out of millions of dollars has helped the U.S. government land an $11.85 million settlement….
Families coated in tiny glass fibers after removing cover on memory foam mattresses
Beasley Allen is not currently accepting claims related to this consumer product. Michelle Cantrell, of Austin, Texas, unzipped the cover on her daughter’s 7-year-old memory…
Beasley Allen appointed to Plaintiffs Steering Committee in airbag defect case
U.S. District Judge John Arnold Kronstadt has appointed Beasley Allen Principal and head of the Consumer Fraud Section, W. Daniel “Dee” Miles, III, to the…