Posts tagged fraud

• The Rich get Richer

  Jon Lewis | June 28, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Well, Exxon sure is having a good year. First, oil prices have skyrocketed, and that has led to record profits for Exxon. Second, the Supreme Court of Alabama ruled in favor of Exxon and against...

• Punitive Damages Reduced

  Jon Lewis | June 22, 2008 1:05 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  According to an Associated Press article in the Birmingham News on Friday, June 20, 2008, Montgomery County Circuit Judge Charles Price upheld Alabama's verdict against AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals...

• Lewis & McAtee, P.C. - Personal Injury Attorneys

  Jon Lewis | May 22, 2008 4:08 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As new members to InjuryBoard.com, Lewis & McAtee, P.C. would like to introduce the firm to the organziation and the readership. Our firm was started over forty (40) years ago by Jon Lewis'...

• Jury Finds Broker Mishandled Investments

  Gregory Zarzaur | October 22, 2007 8:55 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A Florida jury recently found that a Merrill Lynch broker mishandled the investments of an elderly couple whose mental conditions were declining. The broker was changing the couples investments in order to gain higher commissions even though the broker tricked the couple by saying the investments did not pay any commissions. The jury is still considering whether to award punitive damages in...

• Autauga County physician awarded $1M in Cemetery Dispute

  Tedford Taylor | May 01, 2007 11:18 AM | 0 CommentsHuntsville, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  An Autauga County jury awarded Dr. Gene Parker more than $1 million against a cemetery for fraud and breach of contract. Parker bought an "estate plot" from the cemetery's former owners which included landscaping, concrete walkways and a large family marker. The current owners redrew the plots, reducing their size so as no not to include space for the aformentioned amenities. Additionally, they...

• Supreme Court to look at $30 million verdict against UA

  Tedford Taylor | May 01, 2007 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsHuntsville, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Attorneys for former University of Alabama recruiting coordinator Ronnie Contrell will ask the Alabama Supreme Court to uphold a $30 million Tuscaloosa County jury verdict which was set aside. Cottrell filed a defamation suit against the NCAA and several other parties, including Tom Culpepper, in December of 2002. Tuscaloosa County Circuit Judge Steve Wilson dismissed the NCAA as defendants,...

• Lawsuit Accuses Pastor of Insurance Fraud

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

  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...

• Illegal Drug Sales and Insurance Fraud

  Christina Cole | March 03, 2007 10:41 PM | 0 CommentsHuntsville, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In a growing investigation into alleged illegal drug sales and insurance fraud, more arrests are to come. Detectives said a local pharmacy sold human growth hormones and steroids. The buyers include some big name professional athletes.Investigators are working together in Alabama, Florida, New York and Texas. Just one day after the owners of Signature Compounding Pharmacy were arrested,...