Posts tagged damages

• Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage Part 3: Damages

  Pete Mackey | February 10, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In previous posts in this series, I have described Uninsured/underinsured (um/uim) insurance and discussed stacking of coverages. Today, let's talk about damages. Um/uim coverage provides bodily...

• Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage Part 2: Stacking Coverage

  Pete Mackey | February 09, 2009 8:00 AM | 1 CommentMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  If you have more than one vehicle insured under the same insurance policy and you are involved in a collision where the at fault driver is uninsured or underinsured, you can stack the...

• Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage Part 1: Buy All That You Can

  Pete Mackey | February 08, 2009 8:19 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Reading another post on this site about uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage provoked me to talk about this issue in Alabama. This type of insurance is purchased from your own carrier...

• Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

  Jon Lewis | August 09, 2008 1:10 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In today's Birmingham News, there were two letters to the editor. One is entitled, "Follow basic driving rules", and the other is, "Be courteous when driving". Each article discusses driving and...

• The Rich get Richer

  Jon Lewis | June 28, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Well, Exxon sure is having a good year. First, oil prices have skyrocketed, and that has led to record profits for Exxon. Second, the Supreme Court of Alabama ruled in favor of Exxon and against...

• What Are Emotional Distress Damages? – Part 1

  Pete Mackey | June 26, 2008 7:40 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A friend of mine recently told me that he had read about a jury awarding emotional distress damages in favor of a husband and wife whose home was improperly wired by an electrical...

• Punitive Damages Reduced

  Jon Lewis | June 22, 2008 1:05 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  According to an Associated Press article in the Birmingham News on Friday, June 20, 2008, Montgomery County Circuit Judge Charles Price upheld Alabama's verdict against AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals...

• Alabama the Beautiful - Eh, Maybe Not

  Jon Lewis | June 17, 2008 7:34 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  When you cross the Alabama State Line, there is a sign which says, "Welcome to Alabama the Beautiful." It is beautiful. We have mountains, trees, lakes, and even a coastline. We have the world...

• What's the Value of My Case?

  Jon Lewis | June 09, 2008 6:07 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Many clients want to know how much their case is worth. This question gets asked more often than not in the initial stages of the case and before all of the medical information is obtained. In such...