ArticlesLast Updated: July 22, 2026 What you do in the first hours after a truck accident matters more than in any other kind of crash, for one reason: the trucking company’s rapid-response team may reach the scene before you’ve even left it. Major carriers dispatch investigators, adjusters, and defense-aligned experts within hours of a serious wreck, and everything they...
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ArticlesQuick answer: Alabama dog bite law runs on two tracks. On the owner’s property, Alabama Code § 3-6-1 imposes limited strict liability for an unprovoked bite or injury to someone lawfully there, and no prior bite is required. Off the property, the common-law “one-bite” rule (§ 3-1-3) applies, and the victim generally must prove the owner knew the dog...
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ArticlesLast Updated: July 22, 2026 Written and reviewed by Fob James IV, Alabama Personal Injury Attorney | National Trial Lawyers Top 100 | SuperLawyers Rising Star At a glance: On February 24, 2026, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warned consumers to immediately stop using Gourmia GPC625 six-quart pressure cookers. The lid can open while the pot is...
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Alabama Accident NewsAlabama Accident News Three people, including a five-year-old child, were killed in a collision between a passenger vehicle and a commercial vehicle on Interstate 59 in Trussville. The fatal crash occurred near mile marker 138 in Jefferson County and also left three other children injured. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is investigating the circumstances that led to the deadly...
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ArticlesThe minutes and days after a motorcycle crash decide two things: how well you heal, and whether the insurance company can escape paying you. In Alabama — where the contributory negligence rule lets insurers pay nothing if they pin even 1% of fault on you — the second one is decided fast. The stakes have never been higher: 125...
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When someone is shot or beaten at an Alabama bar, nightclub, or lounge, the venue can be held civilly liable if the violence was foreseeable and the business failed to provide reasonable security. Depending on the facts, liability can extend to the club’s owner, its security contractor, the property landlord. Where over-service of alcohol fueled the violence, Alabama’s Dram...
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ArticlesIn Alabama, a property owner is liable for a crime committed by someone else only when the crime was foreseeable. The controlling test comes from Carroll v. Shoney’s, Inc., 775 So. 2d 753 (Ala. 2000): the victim must prove the particular criminal conduct was foreseeable, the owner had specialized knowledge of the criminal activity, and the crime was a...
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ArticlesYes — in Alabama, you can sue an apartment complex after a shooting if the complex knew about the danger and failed to take reasonable security measures. The lawsuit is not against the shooter. It is a premises liability claim against the property owner and management company whose broken gates, missing lighting, absent guards, or ignored warnings made the...
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Alabama Accident NewsAlabama Accident News Two men were killed Tuesday evening when an Amtrak passenger train struck their pickup truck at a railroad crossing in Bessemer. The fatal collision, which occurred at approximately 5:22 p.m. on June 30, 2026, at the crossing of 32nd Street and Carolina Avenue, claimed the lives of both occupants of the truck. The Bessemer Police Department...
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Alabama Accident NewsAlabama Accident News | June 24, 2026 A pedestrian was killed Tuesday night after being struck by two separate vehicles — a tractor-trailer and a car — while walking in the roadway on U.S. Highway 280 in Lee County. The fatal crash, which occurred around 10:00 p.m. on June 23, 2026, approximately 13 miles northwest of Opelika, claimed the...
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