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• Phil Campbell Car Accident Kills Two

  Shannon Weidemann | April 28, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Two people were killed in a car accident in Phil Campbell on Friday night. The car burst into flames, making identification of the victims difficult. The accident happened on Alabama 13. The victims...

• Union Station Train Accident Injures Seven

  Shannon Weidemann | February 08, 2008 10:32 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A train accident at Union Station in Washington D.C. involving a commuter train and an Amtrak locomotive injured seven people on Thursday. The MARC commuter train from Baltimore had just arrived and passengers were disembarking when it was struck by the locomotive. The six-car MARC train 419 had come to a stop at its usual platform at 10:03 a.m. yesterday when an Amtrak locomotive assigned to...

• Lee High School Bus Accident Lawsuits to Move Forward

  Shannon Weidemann | January 03, 2008 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  There have been than 24 personal injury lawsuits filed against Laidlaw Transit Inc. over the November 2006 bus accident that left 4 Lee High School students dead. Twelve of the cases now have court dates starting in November of this year. Depositions have been scheduled as well for the driver of the bus and executives at Laidlaw. The collision of the Laidlaw Transit bus and a car driven by a...

• M&J Engineering Recalls Swivels for Scuba Diving Masks

  Jenny Albano | August 29, 2007 10:08 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  M&J Engineering, in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 1,500 AGA swivels for scuba diving masks because of potential drowning hazard.The swivel, which is attached to a diving mask, could separate while diving. This will result in a sudden loss of the diver's air supply, causing the diver to engage in emergency ascent. This poses a risk of decompression sickness due to rapid ascent or...

• Pick-up truck and car collide in fatal accident

  Staff Writer | January 15, 2007 3:15 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A fatal car accident in Jackson County occurred Thursday at 7:51 a.m. Alabama State Troopers reported that the accident occurred on U.S. Highway 72 about one mile east of Gurley. A woman who as a passenger in a 1993 Nissan Altima was killed in the accident. The driver of the Altima was injured. The driver of the 1993 Chevrolet pick-up truck was not injured. The cause of the accident is unreported.

• Alabama Man Falls in Construction Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | June 21, 2008 8:45 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A contractor fell from an Alabama water tower while he was painting it. The construction accident happened outside of Hurtsboro on Wednesday evening. There were three other contractors painting with...

• Jere Beasley named to NLJ Top 10 Attorneys list

  Wendi Lewis | June 16, 2008 6:03 PM | 1 CommentMontgomery, AL

  Jere L. Beasley, founding shareholder of Montgomery, Ala.-based Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has once again been recognized as one of the most outstanding lawyers in the United States. He was selected as one of 10 attorneys featured in The National Law Journal’s 2008 special report, titled Winning: Successful strategies from some of the nation’s top litigators.

• Man Dies in Natchez Trace Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | May 28, 2008 11:33 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man driving his car on the Natchez Trace was killed after his car left the roadway and entered a flooded creek. He drowned in the floodwater. His wife was a passenger in the car. She was able to...

• Plantersville Teen Dies in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | May 22, 2008 8:26 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A senior from Dallas County High School was killed in a car accident after his pickup truck hit a school bus. He was set to graduate with his class this week. The accident happened on Alabama 22...

• Military Protected from Medical Malpractice

  Shannon Weidemann | April 19, 2008 10:02 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A 1950 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court protects the military from medical malpractice lawsuits. The Feres vs. United States ruling prevents members of the military from suing their doctors or...