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Beasley Allen files class action lawsuit on behalf of Honda owners affected by defective Takata airbags
Lawyers from Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., along with co-counsel, have filed a class action lawsuit for economic losses related to potentially…
Beasley Allen secures settlement for family of University of Alabama student killed in crash after Alabama National Championship game*
Attorneys have reached a settlement agreement in the wrongful death of University of Alabama student Natalie Baine, killed in an automobile crash in January 2013…
Beasley Allen files lawsuit on behalf of families affected by Legionnaires disease after local hotel stay
Lawsuit filed on behalf of two families affected by Legionnaires disease after an overnight stay at the Sleep Inn & Suites in Elmore County
Alaska ends Medicaid Fraud litigation with justice for its citizens*
Beasley Allen has represented numerous states in Average Wholesale Price (AWP) Medicaid Fraud litigation, settling more than $1.3 billion in claims. In 2013, Alaska became…
Beasley Allen files wrongful death, personal injury lawsuit related to GM ignition switch defect
The lawsuit was filed representing Tyson Sumners on behalf of his wife, Tiffany Sumners, who was killed in a car crash, and Martha Dickey, as…
Beasley Allen files personal injury lawsuit related to GM ignition switch recall
Lawsuit filed on behalf of Josh Cull and Samantha Zollman, who were seriously injured as a result of GM’s faulty ignition switch.
Beasley Allen files wrongful death lawsuit related to GM ignition switch recall
Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the Estate of Aubrey Wallace Williams. Ms. Williams,…
Beasley Allen files class action lawsuit on behalf of financial institutions injured by Target credit breach
Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has filed a second class action lawsuit related to the major security breach at Target stores. The…
Beasley Allen looking at cases linking baby powder and ovarian cancer
Researchers have raised concerns about whether regular use of talcum powder in the genital area increases the risk of women developing ovarian cancer if the…
Seatbelt Failure – Beasley Allen lawyers secure $4.6 million verdict for family of woman killed in rollover
A Georgia jury found Key Safety Systems, Inc., liable for a defective seatbelt that they determined led to the death of Penney Bruner when the…
Louisiana settles Medicaid Fraud litigation for $88.4 million*
Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has reached an $88.4 million settlement with 25 pharmaceutical companies in the state’s ongoing Medicaid Fraud litigation. Beasley Allen attorneys…
DePuy Orthopaedics approves $2.475 billion settlement agreement in defective ASR hip implant litigation*
DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, has agreed to a $2.475 billion charge to settle thousands of claims related to injuries suffered as…
Toyota Sudden Unintended Acceleration lawsuit ends in landmark verdict
An Oklahoma County, Okla., jury returned a verdict after a 3-week trial in favor of Jean Bookout and the family of Barbara Schwarz. Mrs. Bookout…
State of Mississippi awarded $12.4 million in Medicaid Fraud litigation against Watson Pharmaceuticals
Judge Thomas L. Zebert found in favor of the State of Mississippi against Watson Pharmaceuticals in the state’s ongoing Medicaid Fraud litigation against a number…
Wrongful death lawsuit alleges design defects in Air Tractor plane led to pilot’s death
Wrongful death lawsuit alleges plane was defectively designed, ultimately leading to the crash that killed the pilot.
Toyota proposes settlement of more than $1 billion in sudden unintended acceleration cases
Toyota Motor Corp has agreed to a $1.1 billion charge to settle hundreds of U.S. consumer claims related to sudden unintended acceleration in its vehicles.
Jury awards verdict of $700,000 for Auburn area teacher hit by vehicle in crosswalk
On September 13, 2012, a Lee County jury found in favor of an Auburn area teacher who was seriously injured in a collision that occurred…
Beasley Allen secures $5.1 million verdict for woman who developed breast cancer after taking Prempro
A federal jury in Salt Lake City, Utah awarded $5.1 million to plaintiff Toshiko Okuda in a Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) case after hearing four…
Beasley Allen Reaches $1M Settlement for Auto Crash Survivor*
Beasley Allen’s Montgomery personal injury lawyers reached a $1 million policy limits settlement with Amtech LLC of Lowndes County, Alabama, for client Seng Bouasisavat, who…
Scaffolding Company Pays $1.5 Million to Settle Construction Worker’s On-the-Job Injury*
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
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
MONTGOMERY, ALA. (September 2, 2011) – Today Judge Thomas L. Zebert found in favor of the State of Mississippi in its case against pharmaceutical company…
Beasley Allen clients say BP oil spill, dispersants ruined health
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
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…
