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Jan

Has the value of your Corn crop decreased?

In the 2012/13 fiscal year, China was the third largest export market for U.S. corn, at 5 million tons. Since its inspectors started turning away shipments showing traces of corn containing the MIR162 trait, China's purchases of U.S. corn have fallen by 85 percent, an...

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Jan

Erik Heninger and Drew Haskins Settle California Trucking Case for $500,000

Erik Heninger and Drew Haskins recently settled a trucking case in San Bernardino, California for $500,000 after a catastrophic collision occurred between two 18-wheelers. The plaintiff sustained severe injuries to his lumbar spine, which cause major neurological complications su...

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Jan

Honza Prchal receives the 2014 Pro Bono Award

Congratulations to Honza Prchal for being recognized by the Birmingham Bar Association at the Pro Bono Committee's Fall Breakfast. Honza was awarded the 2014 Pro Bono Award recipient in the category of Help Desk Attorney - District Court. He volunteered more than...

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Jan

Digital Depositions

By: Taylor BartlettEverybody has been the associate who was asked to lug an extra suitcase full of exhibits to an out of town deposition. Taking a paper deposition means that there must be two clean copies (plus your annotated version) of each potential exhibit. One must carry al...

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Jan

Honza Prchal Receives “AV” Peer Review Rating from Lexis Nexis® Martindale-Hubbell®

LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell has recognized Honza Prchal with a Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating™.  Honza was given an “AV” rating from his peers, which means that he was deemed to have very high professional ethics and distinguished legal a...

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Jan

Weeks v. Wyeth case featured in Trial Magazine

HGD partner, Lew Garrison, was interviewed by Trial Magazine as a part of their September 2014 issue about the Weeks v. Wyeth case.The Alabama Supreme Court recently reaffirmed that patients are allowed to sue drug makers who mislead doctors into believing that prescription medic...

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Jan

Erik Heninger selected as Faculty for AAJ’s Trial Advocacy College: Depositions

Erik Heninger will be attending the Alabama Association for Justice's Trial Advocacy College: Depositions from September 19th-21st in Denver, Colorado as Faculty.AAJ describes the event as: taking and defending depositions are among the most critical skills every trial lawy...

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Jan

HGD case featured in the Bloomberg BNA Product Safety & Liability Reporter

Reproduced with permission from Product Safety & Liability Reporter, 42 PSLR 918 (Aug. 25, 2014). Copyright 2014 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com...

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Jan

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 har...

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Jan

The Truth About Weeks v. Wyeth: It’s Not “Innovator Liability”

By: Chris HoodThe 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...

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