EAST HANOVER, N.J., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alabama Supreme Court today overturned a jury verdict against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NPC), and directed entry of judgment in favor of NPC.

A man condemned for killing his parents avoided the nation's busiest death chamber Thursday night when he won a reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court, which had already agreed to review another state's lethal injection procedures.

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON - The widow of a leukemia victim failed to persuade the Supreme Court Monday to consider allowing her to sue oil companies over her husband's exposure to a toxic chemical.

By Mike Linn, Montgomery Advertiser, Ala. Sep. 21--A Montgomery judge Wednesday cleared the way for legislative spending of more than $13 million in education-related grants, despite concerns from the governor that the spending would be unconstitutional. Circuit Judge Truman Hobbs Jr.