Summertime often summons childhood memories of running through the sprinklers, popsicle in hand, dripping sticky, bright red juice down our arm. To quell the Alabama heat, your seven-year-old self chomps down on the frozen sugar on a stick. Ouch! A sharp, icy pain shoots through your head. Brain freeze! Fortunately, in just a few moments, the …
Wells Fargo’s $110-million settlement is still not enough, lawyers say
by James Rufus KorenContact Reporter (Posted from the LA Times Article March 30, 2017) Wells Fargo & Co. said Tuesday it would pay $110 million to settle a raft of consumer lawsuits over the bank’s unauthorized accounts scandal, but lawyers behind some of those cases are hoping to kill the deal and push for a bigger …
Steve Heninger Representing Miscarriage Case that Alabama’s Supreme Court Is Turning Into An Abortion Battle
The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that a woman who had a miscarriage can sue her doctor for wrongful death, according to a decision issued last Friday. The woman, Kimberly Stinnett of Helena, Alabama, was around six weeks pregnant when she first began experiencing severe complications related to her pregnancy. She had a miscarriage a few weeks …
Steve Heninger wins Alabama Supreme Court ruling in favor of wrongful death miscarriage for client
Woman can sue doctor for wrongful death after miscarriage, Alabama Supreme Court rules By Kent Faulk | kfaulk@al.com Email the author | Follow on Twitteron January 03, 2017 at 10:48 AM, updated Aleksandar Radovanov – Fotolia The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday reversed a Jefferson County judge’s order dismissing a woman’s wrongful death claim against a doctor for …
HENINGER GARRISON DAVIS, LLC files national lawsuit to require Tropical Smoothie Cafe, LLC to notify customers of exposure to Hepatitis A contamination
Strawberries from Egypt contaminated with HAV ATLANTA, GA: (September 6, 2016) – Customers exposed to Hepatitis A in Tropical Smoothie cafes in multiple states should be notified of the dangers of the disease so they can be checked and treated, according to a lawsuit filed by customer Samantha Kiker in Atlanta last week. The suit, …
Volkswagen Used Car Dealers and the Volkswagen Mess
By: Honza Prchal Volkswagen spent a decade overcoming its poor reputation, and now it has taken a well-deserved PR drubbing for one of the most thoroughgoing frauds in automotive history. The nitrous oxide emissions of these supposedly “clean diesel” vehicles are 40 times – an order of magnitude quadrupled – more nitrous emitting under real-world …
Alabama Super Lawyers Magazine: “Why W. Lewis Garrison has been accused of turning Alabama into ‘Tort Hell'”
Heninger Garrison Davis partner, Lew Garrison, is featured in a cover article in the 2015 Alabama Super Lawyers magazine about his landmark case, Weeks v. Wyeth.
The Top 10 Steps You Should and Should Not Take After a Motor Vehicle Accident
by Drew Haskins One of the questions I’m most frequently asked is what people should and should not do immediately after being involved in a motor vehicle accident. Some of the below steps may seem like common sense, while others may surprise you. I’ve compiled the following list, with insight into how each step can …
Lew Garrison: Truth about generic drug labels, patient injury and who’s responsible
Lew Garrison recently published an opinion piece on al.com. You can see the article here. The Alabama Supreme Court recently reaffirmed that patients are allowed to sue drug makers who mislead doctors into believing that prescription medicines the companies market do not cause harmful side effects. The case is Weeks v. Wyethand the same decision came …
HGD Clients Get Their Day in Court Against Branded Drug Companies, an Important Win for Patients
The Alabama Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision on August 15, 2014, reaffirmed that patients can sue drugmakers who mislead doctors into believing that prescription medicines the companies market do not cause harmful side‑effects. The case is Weeks v. Wyeth, and the decision came after the Supreme Court ruled against the drugmakers in that same …
Spotting IP Infringement In Cyberspace
There are many ways to obtain rights in your intellectual property. You can copyright your website, trademark your brand name, or patent your invention. You can even protect your proprietary business information as a trade secret. But getting legal rights is one thing. Enforcing them is quite another. Cyberspace is a fast, vast place where …
Don’t Be Fooled
By: Christopher B. Hood A bill before the Alabama Legislature threatens to deny our citizens the right to sue drugmakers who trick doctors into believing that medicines the companies market do not cause harmful side‑effects. The bill is HB 617. It takes aim at a recent Alabama Supreme Court decision which affirms that citizens injured …