Product Liability Defective Seatbelt

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.

Water and groundwater contamination.

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 […]

water contamination, toxic exposure

$700 million settlement reached in Alabama PCB case

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, plaintiff's attorneys said Wednesday. The agreement, which will end a long-running trial in state court over decades –old pol…

Whirlpool Ordered to Pay $581 Million in Major Alabama Consumer Fraud Case

A jury has ordered Whirlpool Financial National Bank to pay $581 million in damages after it was found liable in a widespread satellite dish financing scheme that misled thousands of Alabama consumers. The case is one of the largest consumer fraud verdicts in the state’s history and a major milestone in the fight against predatory […]

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Whirlpool Preying on the Poor

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 of Whirlpool’s corrupt culture and why a whistleblower like Rev. Edward Pinkney can’t be tolerated. As the movie Casablanca so memorably illustrated, anytime someone expresses “shock, shock,” there’s a good […]

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