Legal

The Legal section covers court rulings, statutory changes, liability trends, and key developments in Alabama and federal law that shape personal-injury claims. We explain how case law and regulation affect claims strategy, statutes of limitations, damages, and the rights of injured people pursuing justice.

Nursing Home Incident Reports Should Be Provided

Often in a nursing home case, determining how the incident- a fall, choking, burns- really happened is difficult because the nursing home patient often is unable to describe the event. We have…

By Billy Cunningham

/ 11 Jan 2010

How do I pick a lawyer to represent me?

That is a question that most people face when they have been involved in a car accident or have sustained any type of injury whether the injury was to their body or their finances. The selection of…

By Troy Schwant

/ 22 Dec 2009

The Cost Of The Healthcare Bill

I must admit that, although I have long supported healthcare reform, the onslaught of columns and op/ed pieces screaming about the cost of doing so has had me running scared. On the one hand, even…

By Pete Mackey

/ 21 Dec 2009

Christmas safety checklist…

As someone who has two little boys in his family, Christmas is an eagerly anticipated time of year, both for the kids and the parents. Christmas has always been my favorite time of year and I never…

By Troy Schwant

/ 20 Dec 2009

EPA Coal Ash Rules – Will There Be A Loophole

Last December, I published some posts following the coal ash spill near the Kingston, Tennessee power plant: Homeowners Sue TVA for Environmental Spill TVA – Business Before Regulations The…

By Pete Mackey

/ 12 Dec 2009

Nursing Home Residents Can Enjoy the Holidays with Family

The Center for Medicare Advocacy reports that residents in nursing homes- long term skilled nursing facilities can leave the nursing home during this holiday season without losing their Medicare…

By Billy Cunningham

/ 11 Dec 2009

Health Insurance Is A Life Or Death Issue

A recent study by researchers based at harvard has found that the lack of health insurance causes almost 45,000 deaths annually in the U.S. The American Journal of Public Health first published the…

By Pete Mackey

/ 1 Dec 2009

Pet Doors are a Danger to Small Children

This past week in Mobile a 2 year old girl crawled out through a pet door and nearly drowned in the family swimming pool. Her mother had left her in front of the family TV long enough to go check on…

By Billy Cunningham

/ 27 Nov 2009

New Website to Help Families Learn About Nursing Homes

The National Citizens for Nursing Home Reform (http://www.nccnhr.org/ ), a consumer advocacy group for nursing home residents and caregivers in nursing, homes, announced that the Brown University…

By Billy Cunningham

/ 14 Nov 2009

Burn Safely This Fall

Fire is an alluring medium. Kids love it – so do adults. Watching kindling slowly take flame is like watching magic. The Fall means leaf and trash burning in back yards all across the country….

By Pete Mackey

/ 9 Nov 2009

Disaster Preparation – From An Attorney's Perspective

Everyone on the Gulf coast today is watching the news or accessing their favorite weather site. Fortunately, this storm will be passing over cool water before it hits land and thus will lose a good…

By Pete Mackey

/ 8 Nov 2009

Caps on Damages Make No Sense

The Republican proposal on health care reform has provisions to limit compensation for non-economic injuries to persons injured or killed as the result of medical malpractice including residents of…

By Billy Cunningham

/ 7 Nov 2009