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Alabama Injury Lawyers
Cory Watson Lawyers Selected Top Birmingham Personal Injury Attorneys
(Birmingham, AL) Attorneys Ernest Cory, Leila Watson, Annesley DeGaris and Jason Shamblin of Cory, Watson, Crowder & DeGaris, P.C. have been selected Birmingham Top Attorneys 2010 in a peer-review survey sponsored by Birmingham Magazine. Ernest Cory and Leila Watson were voted Top Attorneys in the Personal Injury law category, Annesley DeGaris was elected a Top Attorney in Environmental Litigation and Jason Shamblin was named a Rising Star in the category that honors attorneys under the age of 40.
Attorneys named to the Birmingham Top Attorneys List in Birmingham Magazine were elected by their peers in one of the largest peer review surveys ever done in the area. More than 900 Birmingham attorneys cast votes in the 2010 survey, according to Birmingham Magazine.
Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris is a Birmingham, Alabama personal injury law firm recognized nationally for its practice in complex litigation including multidistrict litigation, class actions, products liability, business and securities litigation, environmental litigation and mass torts litigation of defective medical devices and pharmaceutical drugs. Cory Watson has an extensive practice in consumer litigation, personal injury and wrongful death cases. Additional information is available at corywatsonlaw.com.
Cory Watson Attorney Jason Shamblin featured in CBS News Rhino Expose
In the swath of Kentucky called the Land Between The Lakes, the Turkey Bay Off-Highway Vehicle Area is a rugged expanse of hills and woodlands crisscrossed by 100 miles of trails. Test drivers came here in July, 2002, to try out the Yamaha Rhino...Read More
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Cory Watson Expands Asbestos Litigation Division
(Birmingham, AL) Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris shareholder Ernest Cory announced today that the Birmingham, Alabama law firm has expanded its practice of Asbestos and Mesothelioma litigation with the addition of attorney Courtney Sach who joins an asbestos lawyer team headed by shareholders Leila H. Watson and Annesley H. DeGaris.
"We are proud to add Ms. Sach to the firm as we further expand the Cory Watson’s Asbestos litigation group. Alabama is seeing an increasing number of Mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestosis cases in large part because asbestos related diseases can have a long latency period. Many people being diagnosed with asbestos related diseases today were exposed to the material thirty or forty years ago," said Cory.
Courtney Sach is a graduate of Cornell University and received her J.D. from St. Thomas University School of Law. Her law practice has been devoted exclusively to asbestos litigation for four years. Cory Watson Crowder and DeGaris is a Birmingham, Alabama Personal Injury law firm recognized nationally for its practice areas of Complex Litigation, Mass Torts, Class Actions, Pharmaceuticals, Drugs, Defective Medical Devices, Products Liability, Business and Securities Litigation and Environmental Litigation. The firm has an extensive practice in individual personal injury and wrongful death cases covering motorvehicle collisions, railroad grade crossing accidents, defective motor vehicles and ATVs, toxic exposures, dangerous household products, roadway construction failures, workplace and construction site accidents, building and other structural failures, and insurance and consumer lending fraud.
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FDA Black Box Warning for Pfizer Smoking Cessation Drug Chantix®
Cory Watson Crowder and DeGaris charges Pfizer knew of potential Chantix dangers
(Birmingham, AL) The FDA has mandated a “Black Box Warning ” requiring Pfizer Inc., manufacturer of Chantix®, to strengthen warnings about the health risks and dangers associated with using the drug. Chantix® (varenicline) is advertised as an aid to help people quit smoking.
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Dellaccio Named Shareholder at Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris
(Birmingham, AL) Attorney Douglas A. Dellaccio, Jr. has been named Shareholder at Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris. The appointment was announced today by Senior Shareholder Ernest Cory. Dellaccio’s practice is focused on personal injury, class actions, environmental law and mass torts.
Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris is based in Birmingham, Alabama and is recognized nationally for its practice areas of personal injury, mass torts, class-action and complex litigation.
Cory Watson in the News
Cory Watson sponsors the 2009 Race for the Cure - [PDF]
August 24, 2009
Yamaha Rhino UTVs Recalled for Safety Problems - [PDF]
March 31, 2009
Birmingham Judge Denies Often-sued Doctor's use of Bankruptcy to Erase Debts
The Birmingham News
Friday, March 6, 2009
2009 Best Lawyers List
Birmingham Magazine
March 4, 2009
2009 Top Attorneys List Press Release - [PDF]
March 4, 2009
Federal Yamaha Rhino Rollover Lawsuits Consolidated - [PDF]
February 16, 2009
Digitek Debacle- Actavis Totowa accused of producing dangerously defective Digitek heart pills in lawsuit filed by Cory Watson Crowder and DeGaris - [PDF]
July 18, 2008
60 Minutes to Report on Dangers of Trasylol: Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris
Involved in Litigation Against Pharmaceutical Giant Bayer AG - [PDF]
February 15, 2008
Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris Files Lawsuit against Pharmaceutical Giant Bayer AG - [PDF] February 19, 2007
Local Law Firm Donates Settlement Money to Freshwater Land Trust - [PDF]
November 29, 2006
Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris Involved in Litigation to Prevent Consumer Exploitation - [PDF] August 30, 2006
Thomas, Means, Gillis & Seay join forces with Cory, Watson, Crowder & DeGaris To Represent Victim of Bremen, GA. Fatal Motel Explosion - [PDF] ..... View the complaint - [PDF]
July 18, 2006
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