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• Dallas Doctor Wins Defamation Case

  Gregory Zarzaur | April 18, 2007 10:38 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Earlier this month, a Dallas jury awarded $6.3 million to a doctor who was fired by his employer after he voiced concerns about how anesthesia services were being billed. The lawsuit alleged that the anesthesia group made up charges of medical incompetence and rude behavior including false allegations of alcohol and drug abuse. According to the doctor's attorney, the lost job and the damage to...

• Jury Awards $6.5 Million to Crash Victim

  Gregory Zarzaur | April 16, 2007 9:18 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Last week, a Florida jury awarded several million dollars to a plaintiff who suffered brain injuries in a two car accident. According to the Herald Tribune, the injured man did not immediately seek medical treatment for his brain injuries because he did not appreciate the extent of them at the time. The brain injury affected the victims ability to earn income and his behavior. In addition, the...

• Jury Awards Man $10M in Insurance Bad Faith Suit

  Christina Cole | March 18, 2007 1:06 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  A Federal Jury awarded a man $10 million in a ruling that decided his employer's insurance carrier acted in bad faith when they denied his claim for benefits from a 1999 back injury.The jury is still deciding whether to also award the man with additional compensation for punitive damages.Court records show the worker was a computer technician at Norwest Financial when he injured his back while...

• Lawsuit Accuses Pastor of Insurance Fraud

  Christina Cole | March 14, 2007 8:11 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  An insurance company has filed a lawsuit against a prominent Denver minister and four affiliate church groups, for fraud alleging they filed fraudulent life insurance claims on the behalf of parishioners.AIG Life Insurance Co. claims a Reverend and other co-defendants acquired a group life insurance policy on behalf of 315 people and falsified paperwork to safeguard that any claim payments would...

• Train vs Car Accident

  Christina Cole | February 08, 2007 8:34 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  A person was injured in the third train verse car accident. The driver tried to outrun a train, police said.The train hit the car from behind, pushing it to the roadside. The driver was taken to the hospital but he his injuries were not serious or life threatening.

• Safety Concerns Surround Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch

  Christina Cole | December 30, 2006 6:22 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Dr. Joel S. Lippman, former vice president at two Johnson & Johnson alleges in a lawsuit that he was fired for seeking recalls on numerous faulty products that include the Ortho Evra birth control patch with at least 1,000 product liability suits.In Lippman's civil complaint, he alleges he was unlawfully let go on May 15, after 15 years of employment because he repeatedly complained about...

• FDA Meets Regarding Defective Drug-Eluting Stents

  Christina Cole | December 08, 2006 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  The FDA met today regarding problems related to drug-eluting stents.Many independent studies, The World of Congress and leading cardiologists have shown that drug-eluting stents might actually cause additional blood clots, rather than helping to keep heart arteries open. Since their inception in 2003, drug-eluting stents have been commonly used with over 4 million patients receiving such...

• Disclaimer

  Staff Writer | December 05, 2006 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  The information found on this website should not be construed as legal advice and is not a substitute for professional legal consultation. You should not base your legal decisions solely on the information found in this site and you are encouraged to seek the counsel of an attorney regarding your specific questions or situation.The information found herein may represent the opinions or...

• Is it Fraud?

  Jon Lewis | July 15, 2009 6:30 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  What is fraud? What is misrepresentation? Many people think they have been defrauded when they have not, and many people don't know that they have been defrauded when they actually have been. In...

• Banks Have Found A Loophole And Are Seizing SSD Payments

  Stuart McAtee | July 02, 2009 8:00 AM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  In an age where banks are dodging lawsuits from every angle, they have found a way to seize money from customers' accounts causing concern not only from consumers, but from congress. As if the...