The following list is provided solely to demonstrate that we are experienced in the practice areas we primarily focus on:
- Multi-plaintiff Mass Tort (“vanishing” insurance premiums) – $16.5 million
- Multi-plaintiff Mass Tort (pharmaceutical drug litigation) – $16.8 million
- Multi-plaintiff Mass Tort (“Race-based” discriminatory pricing) – $ 8.6 million
- Multi-plaintiff Mass Tort (defective medical device) – $7.7 million
- Medical Malpractice – $7.2 million
- Wrongful Death (apartment fire) – $3.5 million
- Product Liability (rollover/occupant ejection/paralysis) – $3 million
- Pharmaceutical Drug Injury (development of fatal disease) – $3 million
- Wrongful Death (nursing home neglect) – $3 million
- Traumatic Brain Injury (18 wheeler accident) – $2.25 million
- Premises Liability (trip and fall) – $380,000
- Pharmaceutical Drug Injury – $330,000
- Pharmaceutical Drug Injury – $321,000
- Pharmaceutical Drug Injury – $275,000
- Pharmaceutical Drug Injury – $263,000
- Pharmaceutical Drug Injury – $198,000
- Pharmaceutical Drug Injury – $185,000
- Premises Liability – $100,000
- Premises Liability – $80,000
Some of the class action cases the firm has handled include:
- Baker v. Regions Financial Corp., CV 99-252, in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Alabama (which was settled and granted class certification on September 27, 2001), a case involving the improper sale of insurance to banking customers.
- Mercer, et al. v. Life Insurance Company of Georgia, CV 2000RCCV-27, in the Superior Court of Richmond County, Georgia, a national class action comprising more than 180,000 class members involving allegations of improper premium pricing of life insurance products (class settlement Fairness Hearing was held on September 24, 2001);
- Riggins v. Allstate, CV 00-1708, filed in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, involved allegations of improper life insurance pricing practices.
- Thomas v. Progressive Specialty Ins. Co., et al., CV 01-98, in the Circuit Court of Barbour County, Alabama, Clayton Division, involved allegations of improper claim practices relating to property insurance.
- McGhee v. Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, et al., CV 01-58, in the Circuit Court of Tallapoosa County, Alabama, involved allegations relating to the sale of hazard insurance.
- Morris v. DirecTV, in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, 2001 CV3-9999, involved claims for sending unlawful facsimiles under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
- McEachern v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, et al., CV 00-403-CB-C, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, involved allegations regarding the charging of improper fees in annuity contracts.
- Gilmore v. MONY Life Insurance Company of America, CV-00-T-84-N, in the United States District Court of the Middle District of Alabama, involved allegations of charging improper fees in annuity contract.
- Buckingham v. Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Inc.; et al., CV 1:01CV36-B-D, in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Mississippi, Eastern Division, a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claim regarding the defendants’ practice of collecting debts following their discharge in bankruptcy court.
- O’Neil v. Abbott Labs, et al., involved price-fixing and other claims arising out of anti-competitive activities with respect to the drug terazosin hydrochloride (originally filed in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, made part of the Terazosin Hydrochloride Antitrust Litigation MDL, Docket No 1317).
- Allen and Cannon v. Jefferson County Commission The Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Birmingham, et al., CV 01-491, in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama – Bessemer Division, involved allegations of improper charging of customers for water and sewer usage; Ragan v. Invesco Funds Group, in the United States District Court, Southern District of Georgia – Dublin Division, involved allegations of improper fees charged to certain mutual funds.
In addition to representation of plaintiffs in class actions we have been actively involved in representing plaintiffs in a number of complex litigation cases, including product liability actions, wrongful death, medical malpractice, insurance fraud, insurance bad faith, consumer fraud and personal injury actions. Our firm regularly undertakes mass tort litigation involving the representation of numerous individual plaintiffs with similar claims. These include the prosecution of cases for thousands of plaintiffs with claims against, among others:
- Prudential Insurance Company
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
- State Farm Insurance Company
- American General Insurance Company
- Liberty National Life Insurance Company
- United Insurance Company
- New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
- IDS/American Express
- Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
- H&R Block
- Primerica Life Insurance Company
- Allianz Life Insurance Company
- Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company
- First USA
- Bank One
- Great Southern Insurance Company
- CitiFinancial Associates
- Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation
- Chrysler Financial Company, L.L.C.
- Toyota Motor Credit Corporation
- Ford Motor Credit Corporation
- General Motors Acceptance Corporation
- American Home Products
- Wyeth
- Pfizer
- Pliva
- Teva
- Warner Lambert
- Parke-Davis
- Purdue Pharma
- Bayer
- Bristol Meyers
- Janssen Pharmaceutical
- First Family
- Johnson & Johnson
- Guidant Corporation