Morris Haynes Attorneys at Law

$1.3B

Class Action

The Class Action was certified by a group of cattlemen for violation of the 1921 Packers and Stockyard Act in the way it influenced the market price of cattle. Morris Haynes was a part of a group of lawyers from several firms that filed and prepared the case which was tried in Montgomery County, Alabama. The Jury returned a $1.26 Billion verdict.

$58M

Product Defect

The Estate of Vickie Mohr and Maurin Heathscott sued Daimler Chrysler in Tennessee for an inadequate structural design and a defective Gen-III seat belt latch. The safety design known as the ‘occupant cage’ combined with the defective seatbelt latch failed to protect Vickie and Maurin during an offset frontal collision which resulted in their death. The Jury returned a total verdict of $58 million.

$40M

Business Lawsuit

Arthur Green as district attorney of Jefferson County, Bessemer Division v. The Lloyd Noland Foundation, Inc. $40 million dollar settlement in AL. Plaintiff brought a lawsuit against a non-profit making them abide by the terms of the original charter.

$30M

Product Liability

Gun maker Forjas Taurus has agreed to settle a $30 million class-action suit in a defective handgun case. Plaintiffs claim that some Taurus handgun safeties, even when engaged, may allow the gun to fire if it is dropped. The affected pistols are: PT-111 Millennium, PET-132 Millennium, PR-138 Millennium, PT-140 Millennium, PT-145 Millennium, PT-745 Millennium, PT-609, PT-140 and the PT-24/7. While Taurus denies any wrongdoing, the company has agreed to pay Class Members between $150 and $200 for returned pistols in addition to an enhanced lifetime warranty and training for the firearms. MHH attorneys represent current owners of the pistol.

$25M

Insurance Fraud

John Key, along with thousands of others, purchased a variable life insurance policy from Prudential after he was told by his agent that a one-time premium was all that was needed to “pay up” the policy. About six years later Mr. Key began receiving premium due notices. Once he contacted the home office of Prudential he was told that the policy could not be “paid-up”. Prudential made in one year over $200 million dollars from the collection of premiums from the sale of these policies. The jury returned a verdict for $25 million.

$20M

Tractor Trailer Crash

Jimmy Bogue, driving his SUV, was hit and killed by a coal truck that was going 70 mph in a 35 mph zone and overweighted above the legal limit. It was proven that over 300 coal trucks a day, many overloaded, use the back roads of West Jefferson County to dodge the State weight scales. The legal limit of weight was 88,000 pounds on a five-axle truck and the 750% trucks overweighed by 2,500 pounds on average. The jury returned a $20 million verdict.