Allen's Answers Alabama law is protective of an injured child. In fact, you may think the parents can make all the decisions. This is not always the way it works. Take this example. A child is injured in a car wreck. The parents sue and the other driver’s insurance...
Kids and Drinking If you are hit in a traffic accident by a teenager who has been drinking, you will need a lawyer. Period. Everyone will be pointing fingers and blaming others; plus, it can be a very complicated case. Here is the shocker — you will probably get the...
Insurance Won't Pay There is the law and there is what you should do. I’ll tell you both. First the law. If you are in a car accident in Alabama, you do not have to call the police or state troopers if no one was hurt, the property damage is under $500 and everyone...
Boat Accident-Mobile There is a lot of water around Mobile. We like to get on it, in it and under it. So why is something that gives us so much joy causing so much grief? I help injured people, and here is the news that might shock you: Alabama is predicted to have...
Distracted Driving You know you shouldn’t take your eyes off the road while driving. You know that …. but it seems you still do it. Even if you never use a cell phone while driving, know this … others do. You need to watch out for the people who are not watching out....
Medical Consent Lawyers, especially personal injury attorneys like myself, are in the business of helping people … specifically injured people. But there is one type of case where you may find it difficult to get a lawyer to help you. That is a case against your...
Ask Your Legal Questions Join us live on Sunday, January 6, 2019. Football season is about over, and it is time to return to the 30-minute long legal call-in show, NBC 15 LawCall, here in Mobile, AL. As it has been for roughly a decade, the show is on at 10:30 Sunday...
A friend asked me why so many advertising attorneys were saying they will make having a legal case easy. I told her if they go easy; then, they are settling for too little money. A good attorney knows you must work hard for those big payouts. Here is how it works: If...
watched the people in Florida struggle after the last hurricane, and know it is just a matter of time until something hits us here in Mobile. I talked to a few Florida friends over the Thanksgiving holiday, and they wanted me to make sure you were knowledgeable about...
So many people have asked me about the $54 million lawsuit over a pair of pants (see You Be the Judge: Are Your Pants Worth Millions?) that I thought I would bring you up to date on some of the strange facts surrounding the case. The pants owner (a judge) who...