Posts tagged juries

• Four-Wheelers Are Not Toys

  Pete Mackey | September 09, 2009 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Like many folks in the Mobile area, I went to the beach on Labor Day. On my way home, I saw two young boys coming the other way on a four wheeler in the grass next to the road. This road is a four...

• CURRENT TRENDS IN JURY AWARDS: “Where Have All the Jury Trials Gone, Long Time Passing?”

  Greg Cusimano | December 29, 2008 10:53 PM | 1 CommentGadsden, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Jury trials have been declining steadily for the last 20 years. If the trend continues, jury trials and even the judicial system as we know it, will be no more. Our judicial system has been a...

• Are you a Guest Passenger?

  Jon Lewis | June 25, 2008 6:56 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  What is a guest passenger? The courts of Alabama have defined it as follows: “Because the statute does not define the term ‘guest,’ we turn to caselaw for a definition: “ “ “The general rule...

• Can a Wife Sue a Husband?

  Jon Lewis | June 24, 2008 6:37 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Interspousal immunity governs the issue of whether a wife can sue her husband in tort for injuries that she sustained in an automobile accident due (at least in part) to his negligence. The “old”...

• Alabama Uninsured Motorist Coverage - Unbelievable!!

  Jon Lewis | May 28, 2009 8:12 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Here is a little example of Alabama law which would probably irritate most people if they found themselves in the same situation. It involves a case decided by the Supreme Court of Alabama on May...

• Jury Duty - Some Citizens Get it

  Jon Lewis | July 11, 2011 1:27 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Our founding fathers came up with a government composed of three branches: Executive, Legislative and Judicial. Now, I'm sure many of you are reading this (if many read it at all), and you are...

• Have you been Prescribed a Cold Therapy System? Be Careful!

  Jon Lewis | March 23, 2010 2:39 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  What is a Cold Therapy System? Usually, these are cryo-therapy devices prescribed by orthopedic surgeons and podiatrists after a surgical procedure. Their purpose is to minimize pain and swelling...

• 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...

• A Letter to George Will

  Greg Cusimano | January 11, 2009 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  George F. Will published an Op- Ed Column today January 11th basically promoting the perception that Americans are greedy suit happy individuals. Here is my letter to Mr. Will. Mr. George Will, I...

• Forklift Safety

  Michael Roberts | April 27, 2011 2:37 PM | 1 CommentGadsden, AL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Many serious workplace injuries and deaths occur because of mistakes in operating forklifts and their load. Each year in the United States, tens of thousands of injuries occur in relation to the...