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The other day one of my partners and I were discussing a case which was set for trial. In the case, the defendant was clearly at fault, and the question became: what is the threshold settlement...

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Most people are very confused when we tell them they cannot sue the other driver's insurance company. The look on their faces is even more perplexed when we tell them that they cannot mention the...

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We want to take the opportunity, as we discussed in our previous post, to educate the public about some of the regulations governing the trucking industry. These regulations are promulgated by the...

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This one falls under the category of "Did you Know" or "Ripley's Believe it or Not". If you are injured in a car accident by an uninsured motorist, your own insurance carrier can hire a lawyer to...

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You've been in a car accident. It's the other person's fault. Your six month old car is totaled (In Alabama, that means the damage is greater than 75% of the value of the car). You owe the finance...

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Do you follow the Rules of the Road? Did you even know that Alabama has a code section (Section 32-5A-1) governing the rules of the road? Remember that little book (Driver Manual) you had to study...

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Over the years, we have received calls from several people who have had a collision with a deer or other animal. In many of those occasions, we have had to tell the individual that there is not much...

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In April, the Birmingham News reported that the number of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) cases continue to climb at thet Birmingham VA Medical Center. It is amazing how the news media and...

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The insurance industry's drive for profit has overwhelmed its obligation to policyholders, and insurance companies abide only by the first commandment of insurance--Thou shalt pay as little and as late as possible.Tension between insurers and their customers has long existed, but it was the 1990s that saw insurance companies looking for ways to systematically streamline the process to increase...

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A Federal Jury awarded a man $10 million in a ruling that decided his employer's insurance carrier acted in bad faith when they denied his claim for benefits from a 1999 back injury.The jury is still deciding whether to also award the man with additional compensation for punitive damages.Court records show the worker was a computer technician at Norwest Financial when he injured his back while...

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