I’ve spoken with a couple of individuals and businesspeople recently who said that filing a BP claim might be wrong, and that they have seen on the news that one of the claims adjuster’s lawyers committed fraud. It’s a “one bad apple” scenario, but enough to support BP’s media campaign to…
We cant seem to escape the news of out-of-control fires lately. In recent months, droughts and lightening storms have rapidly increased reports of wildfires, property damage and loss of life. During the week of the 4th of July, the risk of more of the same grows exponentially due to…
My family spends a considerable amount of time in rural Dallas County, Alabama. It's primarily farmland and timber land, interspersed with pockets of residences and small businesses. Walking…
Contracts create rights and obligations, which are typically enforceable by and against the parties, or signatories, to the contract. Under some circumstances, contracts can create third-party…
Last month, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed Senate Bill 286, which expands Alabama gun rights. The primary expansion of those rights by SB286 is made by the provisions allowing employees…
Article I, Section 14 of the Alabama Constitution of 1901 creates absolute immunity for the State and its agents with this simple proclamation: [T]he State of Alabama shall never be made a…
It is a rare but welcome opportunity in the life of a young lawyer to argue a case before an appellate court, especially a Supreme Court. Such an opportunity presented itself to me last year,…
My 5 year-old niece spent some time in a Raleigh, North Carolina hospital recently after an encounter with a copperhead snake in her front yard. Even though the ER doctors say her finger was…
I read a Minnesota lawyer's post today that described his state's mentality toward victims of slip and fall incidents, which closely mirrors Alabama's: put simply, don't waste…
In 2012, internet sales in the United States totaled $226 billion, which is an increase of 16% over 2011, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. That number is expected to increase between 9…
The Supreme Court has recently heard oral argument in a case that presents the issue of whether the Food & Drug Administration's approval of pharmaceuticals for production, sale and…
Indemnification is not a simple legal concept, and is one which some lawyers and most non-lawyers struggle to grasp. Admittedly, I regularly confused indemnification and subrogation as a law…