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Simple Medical Pumps Cause Nightmares: Beware Of Cold Therapy Pumps
Over the past several years, our firm has handled a number of lawsuits for clients involving simple mechanical devices that are comprised primarily of a…
Drug Maker Fails to Cooperate
According to federal investigators, the Congressional investigation into the recent recall of children’s Tylenol and other pediatric medicines has been stymied by the manufacturer, Johnson…
Verdict against Goodyear exposes dangerous RV tires
Yesterday a Florida jury returned a $5.6 million verdict against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, saying the company sold a tire for use…
Beasley Allen files suit against fraudulent drug treatment centers
Beasley Allen has filed a class action lawsuit in Circuit Court of Montgomery, Alabama, on behalf of a local woman, individually and as a class…
Toyota’s cost-savings memo valued money over life
Before federal officials called Toyota executives to Washington for a series of hearings over the company’s sudden unintended acceleration recalls, they first demanded the company…
Construction Site Deaths
According to the latest statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Labor, in 2007, the construction industry accounted for 1,178 fatal work injuries, the…
Study reveals electronic throttle is probable cause of Toyota’s unintended acceleration problems
Study reveals electronic throttle is probable cause of Toyota unintended acceleration problems. A new scientific study published by Quality Control Systems Corporation of Crownsville Maryland…
Guest Passenger Statute
Alabama has what’s known as the Guest Passenger Statute, which says that if you are a passenger in a car, you can’t sue the driver…
Firestone tire flap tops list of decade’s worst PR disasters
HRT ads misled women about the benefits, risks of HRT
Connie Barton bought into the message. It seemed to be everywhere – television, magazines, even her doctor was telling her that those nasty symptoms of…
Toyota announces solution to sudden acceleration problem
Toyota announced last week that it has found a way to correct the potential for millions of its cars and trucks to accelerate unintentionally. The…
Juries award more than $103 million in Wyeth HRT cases
Connie Barton and Donna Kendall have something in common: they stood up to one of the largest and most powerful drug companies in court –…
Gardasil Researcher Drops A Bombshell
Dr. Diane Harper, lead researcher in the development of two human papilloma virus vaccines, Gardasil and Cervarix, said the controversial drugs will do little to…
Dr Diane Harper, HPV vaccine developer speaks out
Dr. Diane Harper, the lead researcher in human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine development and director of the University of Minnesota’s Gynecologic Cancer Prevention Research Group,…
Camp ASCCA Gets Wii System
The Nintendo Wii is much more than a game console for folks at the Alabama Special Camp for Children and Adults. The system, donated by…
A Message from the Alabama State Bar
The following letter was sent to newspapers in Alabama, asking them to help people in critical need of mortgage foreclosure assistance find the services that…
NAF enters into consent decree with Minnesota AG following claims of consumer fraud
Last week, we told you about a lawsuit filed by Minnesota’s attorney general against the nation’s largest arbitration company. The suit, filed July 14, 2009,…
Remicade receives black box warning from FDA
The makers of Remicade, a biologic treatment for various inflammatory disorders involving the immune system, have updated information on the medication to include a Boxed…