Wrongful death attorney fees in Alabama work on contingency: no money up front, no hourly bills, and the fee is paid only out of a recovery, typically one-third if the case settles before a lawsuit is filed and 40% if litigation is required. But wrongful death cases add mechanics that ordinary injury cases don’t have, a personal representative who...
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If a Pepsi truck hit you in Alabama, your claim has one important advantage over many delivery-vehicle crashes: Pepsi’s beverage distribution fleet is largely operated by the company itself through Pepsi Beverages North America. When the driver is a company employee working a route, the company is generally responsible for the driver’s negligence, and commercial insurance policies far larger...
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ArticlesWhen nursing home neglect kills, two areas of Alabama law converge, and together they are unusually powerful for grieving families. Nursing home liability law holds the facility and its corporate owners accountable for the understaffing and shortcuts that caused the death, and Alabama’s one-of-a-kind wrongful death law makes them pay punitive damages with no cap, measured by how wrongful...
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ArticlesThere is no schedule, chart, or formula that sets the value of a wrongful death case in Alabama, and anyone who quotes you a number before investigating is guessing. What we can tell you honestly: Alabama places no cap on wrongful death damages, the award is measured by how wrongful the defendant’s conduct was rather than by your family’s...
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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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Losing someone to another person’s negligence leaves families with grief and questions at the same time. This guide answers the legal ones plainly. In Alabama, a wrongful death lawsuit can be filed only by the personal representative of your loved one’s estate, must generally be filed within two years, and, in a rule found nowhere else in the country,...
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First—we are sorry for you if you are trying to deal with Progressive Insurance on your own. Progressive has a history of delaying the claims process and ghosting claimants. This means it may take longer than it should to get the financial compensation you may deserve following a motor-vehicle accident. Another trick up Progressive’s greedy sleeve is low balling...
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