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• Brighter Path Tuskegee Youth Facility Faces Child Abuse Lawsuit

  August 30, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A lawsuit filed against the Brighter Path Tuskegee youth detention facility alleges staffers encouraged fighting and gambling among young male inmates, leading to numerous child abuse injuries and trauma.

• Planters Peanuts Recall Issued Over Listeria Food Poisoning Risks

  May 6, 2024

  Grace Muller

  A Planters peanuts recall has been issued for products distributed in five states due to the risk of listeria food poisoning.

• Boating Accident Wrongful Death Lawsuit Cleared For Trial

  December 13, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  A lawsuit involving the death of a teen girl who fell from a pontoon boat and was struck by the propellers can move forward after a federal judge refused to grant defendants summary judgment.

• Atrial Septal Defect Lawsuit Filed Over Zofran Exposure Before Birth

  December 4, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  A Zofran birth defect complaint has been filed against GlaxoSmithKline on behalf of an Alabama boy who was born with an atrial septal heart defect after his mother used the anti-nausea drug during pregnancy.

• Mesothelioma Death Lawsuit Over Second-Hand Asbestos Exposure Results in $3.5M Verdict

  October 28, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  A judge has awarded $3.5 million to the family of a woman who died of mesothelioma due to second hand asbestos exposure caused by doing her husband's laundry.

• Hip Infection Lawsuit Filed Over MRSA Following Joint Replacement Surgery

  August 4, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  3M faces a hip infection infection lawsuit that alleges the Bair Hugger warming device caused a MRSA infection after joint surgery.

• Zofran Lawsuit Filed Over Chromosomal Defect Following Pregnancy Exposure

  April 3, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  The mother of a boy afflicted with numerous birth defects due to chromasomal damage says the anti-nausea drug Zofran is to blame.

• Johnson’s Baby Powder Lawsuit Filed Over Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis

  October 21, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  An Alabama woman says that using Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder caused her to develop ovarian cancer.

• Brand Name Drug Makers Liable For Generic Labels: Alabama Court

  August 22, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  The Alabama Supreme Court has upheld a ruling holding brand name drug makers liable for the accuracy of label warnings on generic versions of their products.

• Investigators Find No Link in Alabama Fresenius Dialysis Deaths, Infections

  June 21, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  A Fresenius clinic in Alabama where two people died and five were hospitalized in less than a month is being allowed to reopen after investigators failed to find a cause for the illnesses.