Quick Answer: How Do I Get My Alabama Crash Report? You can obtain your Alabama crash report (also called an Alabama accident report) three ways: online through the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) crash portal, by mail using ALEA’s Crash Report Request form, or in person at any ALEA Driver License Office. Online is fastest, you can usually download...
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When you present a personal injury claim to an insurance company, you expect them to handle your claim with professionalism and to resolve it within a reasonable amount of time. The last thing you want is the insurance company dragging their feet in resolving your claim. Unfortunately, you will often encounter delays from not only the defendant’s insurance company,...
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Yes, you need a motorcycle license in Alabama. Every operator must hold a Class M license or a Class M endorsement on their existing driver’s license under Ala. Code § 32-12-22, and riding without one is a misdemeanor. Riders 16 and older can earn the full Class M; riders as young as 14 can get a restricted version limited...
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Last Updated August 20, 2026 Quick Answer The U.S. Department of Justice’s official position is that Camp Lejeune attorney fees are capped by the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. § 2678): 20% of your recovery for an administrative settlement, 25% if it resolves after a lawsuit is filed. Fob James Law Firm charges those capped rates — never...
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ArticlesQuick Answer In Alabama, the statute of limitations for medical malpractice is two years from the date of the negligent act or omission — not from the date you discovered the harm. This deadline comes from the Alabama Medical Liability Act, Alabama Code § 6-5-482. If the injury could not reasonably have been discovered within those two years, a...
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ArticlesUS Highway 431 in Alabama is a 353 mile stretch of road between the Alabama and Tennessee border. Often referred to as the “Highway to Hell,” Hwy 431 in Alabama obtained the reputation for the deadliest highway in the world. If you are involved in a car accident on Highway 431 in Alabama, a qualified personal injury attorney can...
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Insurance companies frequently offer money settlements to injured parties after accidents happen. Last Updated: July 16, 2026 Before You Accept a Settlement — At a Glance The five questions: does this cover future medical care, are all liable parties and policies included, what liens must be paid back, exactly what am I releasing, and what would this case net...
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ArticlesLast Updated: September 4, 2026 On August 26, 2026, eight days into testimony in Oakland, Meta settled the case brought by 51 state attorneys general for $16.7 billion. It is the largest payment any social media company has made over harm to children, and it ended a trial that was supposed to run into October. Our phones started ringing...
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Alabama Accident NewsConecuh County, Alabama | September 5, 2026 Two pickup trucks collided on U.S. Highway 31 about two miles east of Evergreen at roughly 6 a.m. on Thursday, September 3, 2026. Both drivers were killed. Two passengers riding in one of the trucks survived and were taken to a Montgomery hospital. The wreck closed U.S. 31 and U.S. 84 for...
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Alabama Accident NewsJefferson County, Alabama | September 5, 2026 A 54-year-old Birmingham woman was struck by a vehicle on Graymont Avenue West on the night of Sunday, August 30, 2026. Emergency crews took her to UAB Hospital, where she was pronounced dead twenty-eight minutes later. The driver who hit her did not stop. Nearly a week later, the Birmingham Police Department...
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ArticlesOzempic Lawsuit — September 2026 Status Two separate cases: 4,022 lawsuits over gastrointestinal injuries sit in MDL 3094, and 216 lawsuits over sudden vision loss sit in MDL 3163. Both are before Judge Karen S. Marston in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, but they are years apart in maturity The decisive moment is now: from September 10 through 18,...
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ArticlesAlabama recognizes two very different lawsuits when someone is hurt and later dies: the wrongful death claim and the survival action. They answer different questions, pay different damages to different people, and, in a rule that traps the unwary, Alabama handles the survival side unlike almost any other state. Families who understand the difference protect claims that others lose...
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ArticlesMost Alabama wrongful death cases resolve within one to three years, with strong, clear-liability cases sometimes settling in under a year and complex corporate cases running longer. But the honest answer is that the timeline is built from stages, each with its own clock, and families who understand the stages stop feeling lost inside the process. Here is the...
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Alabama Accident NewsShelby County, Alabama | August 25, 2026 Drivers heading south on Interstate 65 through Calera on Tuesday were doing something completely ordinary: passing under a bridge. Shortly before noon, a piece of construction equipment being hauled down the interstate struck the underside of the County Road 87 overpass at Exit 234. The bridge took a heavy hit, part of...
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Alabama Accident NewsMontgomery County, Alabama | August 25, 2026 Both drivers were killed and a passenger was seriously injured early Saturday morning in a two-vehicle collision on southbound Interstate 85 on Montgomery’s east side. When officers arrived, one of the two vehicles was on fire. The Montgomery Police Department is investigating, and no cause has been announced. Two families lost someone...
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Jefferson County, Alabama | August 25, 2026 Two people were killed early Sunday morning when the Honda Civic they were riding in was involved in a two-vehicle collision on southbound Interstate 65 at the Green Springs exit in Birmingham. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victims as a 24-year-old Birmingham man and a woman whose age and hometown...
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ArticlesWritten by Fob James IV, Esq. | Fob James Law Firm, LLC | Last Updated: September 4, 2026 Hair Relaxer Litigation — September 2026 Status No settlement exists. No global settlement has been announced and no plaintiff has been paid through the MDL 12,129 cases are pending in MDL 3060 as of the September 1, 2026 JPML report before...
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