What To Do After A Wreck What is different between your city cousins and your country cousins? Your country cousins are more likely to die in a traffic accident. Add to this the fact that Alabama has one of the highest traffic fatality rates in the nation and things...
Allens Answers Injury At A Business This will shock some people and be expected by others. The government has made laws that treat it differently than other businesses. If you slip on water at a grocery store, you get one set of laws. You slip at the DMV and that is a...
Storm Damage Everybody has one friend that just has to take pictures of everything. You will love that person should you suffer storm damage. Here on the Gulf Coast, you would think we were all prepared for what is the inevitable following a serious storm, but many of...
Home Owners Insurance When you see a movie where a dinner guest keels over into the soup, you can tell the lawyer at the table. While others look confused, the lawyer grabs the Homeowners Insurance Policy. The reason is simple. That is where the money is to cover such...
Dog Bites We in the south like our dogs. I mean we really like our dogs. So it is not surprising that the law concerning their behavior can be complicated. Alabama has combined two different legal theories to settle dog bite cases. In most states, they just have one...
Slip And Fall You have to prove a lot in a slip and fall case. Unlike an auto accident, often the wrongdoer is not even around when the injury happens. Here is how it breaks down in Alabama. Basically you have to prove that the property owner knew of a hazard and did...
Nursing Home Abuse Can you sue if your loved one is hurt while at a nursing home in Alabama? Well, the short answer is yes but the decision to do so can be complex. Though abuse cases nationwide have yielded millions of dollars for victims and their families, most...