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.

Accidents with uninsured pose growing problem

An article from the Times Daily today addresses the growing problem of uninsured motorists being involved in motor vehicle accidents. The story cites an example of an Alabama woman and her daughter who were involved in an accident with an uninsured motorist who was driving under the influence with a

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 26 Feb 2007

Fatal accident makes third for Alabama family

A plague of motor vehicle accident deaths has plagued one Alabama family, according to a story today in the Press-Register. A traffic accident Sunday that left a 20-year-old man dead was the third traffic death for his family over the past few years. The Sunday accident occurred on Alabama 59 in Mon

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 23 Feb 2007

Merck abandons vaccine campaign

Drug manufacturer Merck & Co. released a new vaccine to prevent cervical cancer called Gardasil, which actually vaccinates against HPV or the herpes virus, a sexually transmitted disease that causes cervical cancer. According to the Associated Press, Merck has been quietly pushing a campaign through

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 21 Feb 2007

Underage driver causes fatal car accident

A sad story out of Wilmer, Alabama, reports that a 13-year-old boy driving a car full of older teens caused a fatal car crash last night. Alabama state troopers reported that the underage driver crossed the center line of the road on U.S. 98 near Big Creek Lake, then overcorrected causing the car to

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 20 Feb 2007

Two UA students die at truck stop accident

Two students from the University of Alabama died Friday night in a motor vehicle accident at Merle’s Truck Stop on Highway 231, according to a report from WSFA 12. Montgomery County Commissioner Reed Ingram says the accident was the result of poor markings at the truck stop and on the roadway, as we

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 19 Feb 2007

Contaminated peanut butter prompts recall

This week across the country, certain brands of peanut butter were pulled from store shelves due to an FDA product recall resulting from a salmonella outbreak.Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter with the product code “2111” on the lid were recalled by the FDA after the Centers for Disease Contro

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 16 Feb 2007

Car-bicycle accident kills Auburn man

A recreational bicycle ride turned fatal for an Auburn man Sunday morning as he and his wife collided with a motor vehicle driven by a 16-year-old boy.The couple were riding separate bicycles on U.S. Highway 280 near Lee Road 72 when the driver’s car hit both bicyclists. The 37-year-old man died of

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 15 Feb 2007

Fatal trucking accident in South Georgia

South Georgia’s WALB News 10 reported a deadly truck accident early yesterday morning involving a tanker rig that rolled over and caught fire in Leary, Georgia. The accident occurred close to Highway 55 and Bray Street, and the driver apparently lost control of the vehicle he was driving for Hatcher

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 14 Feb 2007

Will slope shelving prevent workplace injuries?

A news release from A Plus Warehouse on PR Web promoting their new slope schelving storage cabinets says that the product could help prevent more back and hand injuries in warehouses.The American Society of Safety Engineers has apparently endorsed this type of shelving, which allows workers to inspe

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 13 Feb 2007

I-59 car accident claims two lives

A married couple died in a tragic one-car accident yesterday on Interstate 59 in Bessemer, according to a report from the Times Daily. The crash occurred at the 110 Alabama Adventure Parkway exit when the car ran off the road, overturned and reportedly ejected a passenger and partially ejected the d

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 12 Feb 2007

Family of dead wife/mother sues truck driver

CBS 11 TV out of Dallas/Fort Worth reported this week that the family of a North Texas school teacher who was killed in a trucking accident is now suing the truck driver for her death. The motor vehicle accident, which occurred at the intersection fo Custer Road and State Highway 121 in Plano in Oct

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 9 Feb 2007

Van-train collision claims four lives

An deadly train accident early Thursday morning is said to have been the Thorsby area’s sixth train-vehicle wreck in just two years, according to The Birmingham News. Eight men were riding in a van when they collided with a 38-car CSX train that was hauling automobiles and had two locomotives. Resid

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 8 Feb 2007