Posts in December, 2000

Dec 31 PRYOR: STATE'S USE OF PRIVATE LAWYERS NOT ODD

The Mobile Register Even though the state has staff attorneys capable of handling complicated lawsuits, Alabama's recent use of ...

Dec 29 EDITORIAL'S ANTI-LAWYER BIAS HURTS THE STATE

Mobile Register The pro-business and anti-lawyer bias in the Register's editorial concerning the Exxon verdict is both obvious and ...

Dec 28 EXXON AWARD SHOWS VALUE OF JURY TRIALS

Montgomery Advertiser The recent $3 billion punitive damage award against Exxon dramatically demonstrates the need for jury ...

Dec 25 IF EXXON IS GUILTY, THE STERN VERDICT IS JUSTIFIED

How's this for a hefty fine: $800 for every man, woman and child in Alabama? That's about what a Montgomery Count jury ordered ...

Dec 24 LEASE KEY TO $3.5 BILLION

The Birmingham News The main reason Alabama won a jaw-dropping $3.5 billion verdict against Exxon Mobil might boil down to this: ...

Dec 22 TORT REFORMERS MOSTLY IGNORE EXXON VERDICT

Mobile Register Maybe it's because the state would get the money. Maybe it's because the state, instead of some lonely consumer, ...