B-Metro Magazine Taps Five Cory Watson Attorneys for Top Flight Awards
Birmingham-based B-Metro magazine has named five Cory Watson Attorneys as “Top Flight Lawyers.” Ernest Cory, Leila Watson, Jerome Tapley, Beth Chambers and Doug Dellaccio received the honor and are featured in the Top Flight Lawyers list published in the magazine’s March 2018 edition. B-Metro's Top Flight Lawyers are recognized based upon their body of work...
Continue ReadingCory Watson Leads Charge on Opioid Litigation Battle
Arkansas Counties and Cities File Joint Lawsuit Against Opioid Drug Manufacturers BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Cory Watson Attorneys is leading the charge on groundbreaking opioid litigation, working with county, city and state officials to represent the people of Arkansas in the fight against the opioid epidemic. In an unprecedented approach, hundreds of...
Continue ReadingErnest Cory Inducted as Fellow of the Birmingham Bar Foundation
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Cory Watson Attorneys is pleased to announce that firm Co-Founder and Managing Shareholder Ernest Cory has been inducted as a 2018 Fellow of the Birmingham Bar Foundation. The Birmingham Bar Foundation Society of Fellows is a membership organization of select Birmingham attorneys and judges who are committed to giving...
Continue ReadingCory Watson Adds New Associate Attorney Joel Caldwell
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Cory Watson Attorneys, a nationally-recognized personal injury law firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Joel Caldwell as an Associate Attorney to the firm. Joel Caldwell focuses his practice on mass torts litigation, motor vehicle accidents, toxic torts, personal injury, and civil litigation. He received his...
Continue ReadingCory Watson Founding Principals Named 2018 Birmingham “Lawyer of the Year”
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Cory Watson Attorneys is proud to announce that Ernest Cory and Leila Watson have been named by Best Lawyers® as the 2018 Birmingham “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective practice areas. Lawyers with this designation are chosen based on peer-review assessments conducted with thousands of leading...
Continue ReadingNissan Hit With $25 Million Jury Verdict In Faulty Brakes Case
A jury in Los Angeles has returned a $25 million verdict for Hilario Cruz, Araceli Mendez, and Solomon Mathenge against Nissan in a lawsuit blaming faulty brakes for a car crash that killed three people. The crash that occurred at an intersection in Hollywood involved a minivan and an Infiniti...
Continue Reading$671 Million Settlement of DuPont-Chemours Lawsuit Involving Toxic Chemical C-8
REACTION FROM PLAINTIFF CO-LEAD COUNSEL JON C. CONLIN OF CORY WATSON ATTORNEYS BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – DuPont and its affiliate company Chemours will pay $670.7 million in cash to settle approximately 3,550 lawsuits involving the toxic chemical C-8, which was used at a DuPont plant outside Parkersburg, WV. An independent Science Panel had...
Continue ReadingCory Watson Ranked as One of Birmingham’s Largest Law Firms
The Birmingham Business Journal has ranked Cory Watson Attorneys as one of Birmingham’s Largest Law Firms in its annual survey published January 13, 2017. The list ranks Birmingham, Alabama law firms according to size as measured by the number of attorneys employed in Birmingham offices. The award from Birmingham’s top...
Continue ReadingFederal Panel Transfers Abilify MDL Litigation to Northern District of Florida
Popular Prescription Drug Linked to Compulsive Gambling WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States Judicial Panel on Multi-district Litigation has issued a Transfer Order centralizing federal lawsuits in the Abilify® drug litigation, MDL No. 2734. These cases will be transferred to a federal court in the Northern District of Florida for the...
Continue ReadingWrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Hooters in Underage Drinking Death of Teenager
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The family of a teenager who was struck and killed by a vehicle in front of the Pelham, Alabama Hooters Restaurant has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Hooters, to hold the restaurant owners and operators accountable for the series of liquor law violations that led to...
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