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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 from a South Carolina jury on behalf of Bishopville area residents harmed by a huge landfill in Lee County. The jury found in favor of the plaintiffs against Lee County Landfill SC LLC, a division of waste management company Republic Services, holding the company responsible for “nuisance landfill odors that affect people’s enjoyment of their property.”

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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 Sandoz, Inc. in the Chancery Court of Rankin County, Mississippi, and awarded a total verdict of $38,191, 427.00. The case, Mississippi Medicaid Pharmaceutical Average Wholesale Price Litigation (Master Docket No. 65586-65632, 66312, 66313, 66314) involves allegations that Sandoz caused to be published inflated “Average Wholesale Prices” (AWPs) for the drugs manufactured by Sandoz, which resulted in the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) reimbursing pharmacies at an inflated price, all allegedly in violation of the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act; the Mississippi Medicaid Fraud Control act and common law fraud. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood authorized the filing of these lawsuits against the pharmaceutical companies and Beasley Allen attorneys W. Daniel “Dee” Miles, III and Clay Barnett, along with former Mississippi Governor Ronnie Musgrove from Copeland, Cook, Taylor and Bush tried the three-week trial in April.

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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 the chemical dispersants cleanup crews dumped into the Gulf of Mexico in an effort to break down the sludgy crude. Of these plaintiffs, three spoke recently with the Montgomery Advertiser about the hardships they continue to face more than a year after the oil disaster first erupted.

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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 MONTGOMERY, ALA. (March 22, 2011) – A Charleston County, South Carolina, jury awarded $1,189,408 to Plaintiff Clifford Hansen after determining he had been unfairly excluded in a business purchase that […]

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Beasley Allen settles Vioxx suits for $4.85 billion*

In November 2007, Merck agreed to a $4.85 billion settlement to resolve more than 27,000 lawsuits- one of the largest pharmaceutical settlements in U.S history. Beasley Allen’s work helped ensure that victims received compensation for their suffering—and that Merck was held responsible for putting profits over people. What Was Vioxx? Vioxx was a prescription painkiller […]

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Beasley Allen Law Firm Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit*

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 Sport which was being driven by her best friend and they were returning home from spring break. Keely was properly wearing her seatbelt and had reclined the seat to rest on the trip home.

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Wal-Mart to Pay $4M in Tire Lawsuit

<p>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 and left the local woman paralyzed from her injuries.</p>

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IMMI Defective Seat Belt Case Settles*

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 2005. IMMI was the manufacturer of a seat belt buckle which was part of the safety restraint in the truck Mr. Freeman was driving.

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Monsanto and Solutia Sign $700 million Settlement*

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 with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB). The global settlement established a $600 million fund to reimburse around 21,000 plaintiffs for damages caused by PCB contamination. Monsanto paid $390 million, Solutia paid $50 […]

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