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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.

Durable Power of Attorney over Health Care Issues

No one likes to think about their own mortality, especially while feeling vibrant and alive. The It could never happen to me attitude, dominates our thoughts, and while it is true that most of the…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 23 Sep 2009

Tort Reform – As Seen In The Movies

Remember the opening scene in the movie 10? The elderly woman sitting in a chair against the wall lets one loose, whereupon the sleeping dog next to her bolts out of the room. As Dudley Moore…

By Pete Mackey

/ 23 Sep 2009

Remember nothing is guaranteed but Death and Taxes…..

Everyone knows the old saying, but in this economic climate, that is becoming more and more evident. For years PACT programs have been very popular choice in a way to fund a child’s education. They…

By Troy Schwant

/ 21 Sep 2009

Study Does Not Support Changing Med-Mal Tort System

In December, 2008, the Congressional Budget Office (“CBO”) prepared a study paper entitled Key Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposals. One of the issues addressed…

By Billy Cunningham

/ 18 Sep 2009

Are Insurance Companies failing to recognize that pain and suffering should be compensated?

It is becoming more and more evident that Insurance companies are taking the position that your medical bills are the only matter they are going to take into consideration when evaluating your…

By Troy Schwant

/ 16 Sep 2009

Are you or someone you love addicted to………Facebook?

Sounds silly doesn’t it? Unfortunately for some, it is not a joking matter. Technology is great, who doesn’t love being able to record live TV by clicking on just one button, the ability to check…

By Troy Schwant

/ 14 Sep 2009

Replace "Deny & Defend" with "Honesty & Apology"

Tying “Tort Reform” to health insurance reform could benefit both the doctors and the patients. The typical victim of a medical error wants fair compensation not a lawsuit. Most doctors…

By Pete Burns

/ 13 Sep 2009

Health Care Crisis- Common Sense Approach or Political Football

In last Wednesday night’s address, President Obama directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to move forward on Bush administration initiative of demonstration projects in individual…

By Billy Cunningham

/ 11 Sep 2009

Remembering September 11th, 2001…

Every year around this time I remember where I was when I learned that the first plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. I had just started clerking for Judges Breland Hilburn and Swan…

By Troy Schwant

/ 11 Sep 2009

Four-Wheelers Are Not Toys

Like many folks in the Mobile area, I went to the beach on Labor Day. On my way home, I saw two young boys coming the other way on a four wheeler in the grass next to the road. This road is a four…

By Pete Mackey

/ 9 Sep 2009

Horrible accident in West Mobile…

A 9 year old girl, who’s name has not been released was struck by a vehicle while trying to board a school bus. The extent of the young girl’s injuries are unknown at this time, yet the article…

By Troy Schwant

/ 9 Sep 2009

Better Insurance Choices Back on the Coast in the Near Future?

GULF SHORES, Ala. — The City Council is pondering a switch to the most recent set of International Building Codes, which would mandate, among other things, that single-family homes be outfitted…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 8 Sep 2009