Statute Of Limitations You only have 2 years to sue if you get injured unless you have longer. That sounds like a lot of tricky lawyer speak, but there are good reasons why this is so. The reason the law has a time limit for many crimes and other situations (called...
Small Business Want to start your own business? I think that is great … but it comes with some potential troubles and not all of those are making payroll. If an employee or customer gets hurt because of your business, it can cost you. If you have not made...
What Not To Do After A Wreck If you are involved in a major traffic wreck, chances are you will be asked to give a deposition. This is when the opposing lawyer asks you questions. Most of these questions will be about what happened at the crash and about your...
What To Do After A Wreck? You may think this is silly but it could cost you. Here is the question: where you in an “accident” or in a “crash?”If you testify that you were in an “accident,” the jury could hear that no one is at fault. If so, “accidents” could lead to...
Injury At A Business An 18-wheeler is a movable business. If you get hit by one, you are injured by a business just as if you were crushed by a falling pallet at the local hardware store. Now the truck may be owned by an individual or by a large corporation but your...
Home Owners Insurance I sue insurance companies to get people the money they deserve. To watch all the insurance agency commercials, you might wonder why such a job exists. Those agents look so nice and helpful on TV. I have a job because those agents are not the...
Home Owners Insurance Since I fight insurance companies for a living, this might surprise you but I am a strong believer in insurance. This might REALLY surprise you; I believe you probably don’t have enough. So stop right now and call your insurance agent. Really,...
Dog Bites - Mobile, AL Here is a case right out of Alabama law. Two apartment renters are living side by side. One has a dog. That dog bites the other tenant. So who gets sued? Well, it was someone who wasn’t even there. Here is how the law works. Apartment owners are...
Slip And Fall If that girl falls on the castle staircase, there is going to be a lot of lawyering up. The new Beauty and the Beast movie is getting a lot of attention for its music and costuming but I want to focus on just one thing … that staircase. It is a lawsuit...
Nursing Home Abuse One of the most famous Alabama lawyers never lived. But his creator did and she taught us a lot. Fictional lawyer Atticus Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird was created by the real Alabama writer Harper Lee. It made her wealthy and the target of...