Automobile Accidents

• Loser Pays - A Bad Idea

  Danny Feldman | November 10, 2009 7:53 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  When I was a law student at Vanderbilt, a contracts professor asked a question about whether the loser to a lawsuit should be required to pay the foreseeable costs, ie. the winner's attorney fees. I...

• A Dangerous RV Tire - The Goodyear 159 - Has Caused Problems

  Tom Methvin | October 18, 2006 2:50 PM | 2 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Beasley Allen Law Firm has handled numerous cases against tire manufacturers when their tires failed causing accidents and injuries. As you may know, one of the most serious types of failure of a steel belted radial tire is a de-tread and/or belt separation. Because of the stress concentrations and subsequent high internal temperatures at the edge of the belt, this area is particularly sensitive...

• Alabama Guest Statute Opinion

  Michael Roberts | April 14, 2008 2:56 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  A decision released recently by the Alabama Supreme Court, Phillips v. United Services Automobile Assoc., held there was no evidence of wantonness in a single-vehicle accident. In this case, the...

• Club Liable for Stripper's Car Accident?

  Jon Lewis | May 28, 2008 11:00 AM | 4 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  This is an interesting case. The Birmingham News reported in its May 27 edition that Patsy Hamaker has sued her employer, the Furnace, as a result of a single car collision which occurred after work...

• Are you a Guest Passenger?

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

  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...

• Police Investigating Car Accident that Killed 3 Alabama Cheerleaders

  Jenny Albano | December 02, 2007 3:31 PM | 0 CommentsHuntsville, AL

  Police are investigating the cause of a car accident that killed three Alabama high school cheerleaders and injured four in Friday night, November 30.Sarah Casey, 16, Courtney Niceley, 17, and Whitney Bradford, 16, of Warrior, Ala., all died when the car they were in hit a tree and went over an embankment. The driver, Sarah Elizabeth Agee, 17, Brittany Lovejoy, 17, Ariel Nibblet, 17, and...

• Car accident claims life of man without seatbelt

  Staff Writer | September 03, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A deadly, two-car accident in Mississippi yesterday claimed the life of an Alabama man who was not wearing his seatbelt. The Mississippi Press reports on the motor vehicle accident, which occurred on the U.S. 90 bridge in Pascagoula, and involved a Toyota Camry and a Toyota Tacoma. The report says the man driving the Tacoma hit the Camry from behind, causing the fatal accident. The Tacoma...

• Fatal car accident kills two people

  Staff Writer | May 15, 2007 11:20 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Dothan, Alabama's News 4 reports a deadly car accident that tragically killed two 78-year-olds on Thursday night on State Route 30 in Bay County, Florida. The accident happened when a 17-year-old crossed the median and hit the couple head-on. It is presumed that the two victims died instantly, and the report says that neither were wearing seat belts. The condition of the teen in the other car...

• Another Death From Texting?

  Billy Cunningham | April 25, 2009 1:35 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  This past week a legal secretary I knew died in an automobile wreck when she crossed over the center line and struck an oncoming car. Apparently, she was texting when she veered over and could not...

• Texting While Driving - Is a Federal Ban Necessary?

  Margaret Embry | June 18, 2009 3:05 PM | 0 CommentsHuntsville, AL

  According to the Montgomery County News, a one car accident occured near Splendora, TX on June 7, leaving the driver critically injured and the passenger dead. The accident has been attributed to...