Employers must ensure that their workers are safe from workplace hazards. This is especially true when they work around heavy industrial equipment. But the makers of these machines also must ensure the safety of those who work in or around the equipment. All parties that fail to protect workers …

Our Talc Litigation Team is monitoring Johnson & Johnson’s second bankruptcy attempt. In April, the Third Circuit determined its first attempt failed the financial distress requirement.  Mere months after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit determined that Johnson & Johnson (J&J) subsidiary LTL Management’s attempt to …

Parker Miller, a principal in Beasley Allen’s Atlanta office, is one of three finalists for the Daily Report’s Southeastern Legal Awards 2023 Attorney of the Year. The award recognizes a Southeastern lawyer who had the biggest impact on the law, the Southeast legal community, or did the most to …

Mobile County, Ala., jury rules in favor of young girl permanently blinded in left eye by a defective Nissan airbag. Montgomery, Ala. (June 15, 2023) – A Mobile County, Ala., jury awarded an $8.5 million verdict after Beasley Allen lawyers Evan Allen, Kendall Dunson, and Mike Andrews successfully argued …

Beasley Allen lawyers helped secure $235 million from Altria to end four years of JUUL litigation. Montgomery, Ala. (May 16, 2023) – Beasley Allen is pleased to announce a $235 million global settlement with Altria Group Inc., a JUUL investor that helped fuel the nation’s youth vaping crisis. Beasley …

Beasley Allen lawyers in our Mobile office, recently handled a case involving a paper mill contract worker who suffered from severe burns after he was injured in a workplace explosion and fire. On the day of the accident, the company failed to warn the contractor that a hazardous gas …

Some of the most difficult cases we handle as personal injury lawyers involve fatal workplace injuries, especially when they claim the life of someone who was just starting out in life. Regina Elsea, a young worker crushed to death by robotic machinery at the AJIN plant in Cusseta, Alabama, …

In the first eight months since the Camp Lejeune Justice Act was signed, attorneys have filed about 800 cases for service members, their families, and civilians who became ill after exposure to contaminated water at the military base camp in North Carolina.  Toxic chemicals were in the drinking and …

Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that is caused by asbestos exposure. Plaintiffs seeking accountability and compensation for their mesothelioma diagnosis must show the court proof that a defendant is legally responsible – plaintiffs must prove liability. Most mesothelioma cases involve asbestos exposure in the 1960s, 70s or …

Mom alleges Forest Cove apartment complex owners and management failed to address dangers to residents and others despite knowledge of ongoing violent activity at the location.  ATLANTA (April 18, 2023) – Beasley Allen attorneys filed a wrongful death lawsuit for Takezia Jackson, mom of Jamarkis Jackson, who was fatally …

A young mother and her unborn child were killed by stray bullets at her Georgia apartment complex after its owners and managers failed to address known, violent activity. ATLANTA (April 11, 2023) – Beasley Allen and co-counsel secured a $26 million settlement in a deadly Georgia apartment complex shooting …

With the dismissal of Johnson & Johnson’s LTL bankruptcy petition by Chief Judge Michael Kaplan of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New Jersey, lawyers representing thousands of ovarian cancer and mesothelioma victims are seeking a swift return to trials in federal and state civil courts. We are prepared …