Alabama Accident NewsJefferson County, Alabama | September 17, 2026 A 56-year-old Birmingham man and his 22-year-old son were killed late Sunday night on Interstate 65 North in Birmingham after the younger man’s car broke down and the two ended up on foot in the travel lanes. According to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office, the father was struck shortly before midnight and...
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ArticlesLast Updated: October 3, 2026 We get this question every week, usually from a woman who has used relaxers since she was a girl and has just been handed a cancer diagnosis. The honest answer is that qualifying comes down to three things: what you were diagnosed with, how long and how often you used the products, and whether...
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ArticlesThe short answer, as of October 2026 No AFFF personal injury payouts have been made, and none are scheduled. There is no settlement fund for people who got sick, and no trial date on the calendar The billions you have read about are water utility money. 3M’s settlement pays public water systems to clean up contamination. It pays nothing...
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ArticlesLast Updated: October 5, 2026 Update, October 5, 2026: The official terms released after the settlement put Meta’s guaranteed payment at $12.19 billion over ten years, rising to as much as $17.1 billion if TikTok, YouTube and Snap agree to comparable terms, according to Connecticut Attorney General William Tong’s office. Early reports, including the first version of this article,...
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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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ArticlesAn interstate crash can force you to make important decisions while traffic is still moving nearby. After an I-20 accident, the safest response depends on whether anyone is hurt, whether the vehicles can move, and what is happening around the scene. I-20 is distinctive in Birmingham because portions of the corridor run together with I-59 and connect with routes...
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The first insurance call after a collision can sound harmless. An adjuster may say they only need a few details about what happened, how you feel, and whether your vehicle needs repairs. What you say during that conversation, however, can affect how the insurer evaluates the claim later. Following a car accident in Birmingham, you can provide necessary factual...
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