Posts tagged death

• Car Wrecks - New eCrash Reports

  Jon Lewis | June 08, 2009 8:36 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Birmingham News reported today that the State has instituted a new eCrash system. This system allows the State Troopers to submit wreck reports electronically. According to the article, this...

• What's A Death Case Worth in Alabama?

  Jon Lewis | February 04, 2010 10:17 AM | 15 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Does it matter if a car accident occurs in Alabama versus another state? In a big big way!!!! Why? Well, first because different states have different jurors and different beliefs on the values of...

• Homicides Predict Traffic Deaths

  Jon Lewis | November 22, 2009 12:42 PM | 3 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Do State Homicide rates predict traffic fatalities? According to a University of Michigan study, they do. The study found that there was a parallel with the number of homicides and the number of...

• Wrongful Death Damages in Alabama

  Michael Roberts | May 13, 2009 10:43 AM | 1 CommentGadsden, AL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  WRONGFUL DEATH DAMAGES IN ALABAMA Damages awarded in wrongful death cases vary significantly from state to state. In many states, damages include lost income that the deceased person would...

• Investigate car wrecks promptly

  Pete Burns | May 12, 2009 6:14 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Prompt investigation of a car wreck involving serious injury or wrongful death is a must. Frequently alcohol is involved in car wrecks and bars are often the source of the alcohol. Dram shop laws...

• Suit for Wrongful Death of Non-Viable Fetus Allowed

  Michael Roberts | September 26, 2011 3:10 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A recent change in Alabama law means successful lawsuits can now be pursued for negligently causing the death of a previable fetus. Before this September 9 ruling, the law, as represented by the...

• Out-of-State Death in Trussville, Alabama

  Jon Lewis | December 26, 2009 11:16 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Tennessee woman was killed in a crash on I59 near Trussville according to the Birmingham News. The incident involved two vehicles. The other vehicle was driven by a woman from Gadsden. The News...

• AIG - Workers Compensation - The Bailout

  Jon Lewis | January 08, 2009 1:24 PM | 14 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Well, I have just seen first hand what the bailout has done for AIG: made them even more heartless and cold than ever before. We represent a family who lives in Mexico. Their son was employed by a...

• What Causes Car Accidents?

  Jon Lewis | December 10, 2008 11:58 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Birmingham News article in today's paper referenced a talk given by John Staddon, Ph.D., a psychology professor at Duke University. The talk was given at an advisory board meeting of the UAB...

• John Ritter's Widow to Speaks at Wrongful Death Trial

  Chrissie Cole | March 03, 2008 1:13 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  John Ritter's widow sat before jurors, on Monday, at her late husband's wrongful death trial and gave testimony about the events that led up to the actor's death in 2003.The family is suing a radiologist who performed a body scan on him two years prior and the cardiologist who treated him on the day he died, claiming both doctors misdiagnosed his condition.Ritter died from a torn aorta, but was...