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#1 Student Sues Alabama Fraternity over Alleged Brain Injury from Hazing
Sep 26 2023 // TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A student and his parents have filed a lawsuit against a University of Alabama fraternity, saying he suffered a traumatic brain injury while being hazed as a fraternity pledge earlier this...
#2 Poaching, Sexual Harassment, Sabotage? Alabama Insurance Agency Suits Air it Out
Nov 6 2023 // A dispute between two veteran west Alabama insurance agents has made it all the way to the state Supreme Court after three years of civil litigation, suggestions of criminal activity and claims of sexual harassment,...
#3 Ways to Mitigate Mobile Home Wind Damage Often Ignored, Even as Deaths Rise
Jul 31 2023 // Rolling Fork, Mississippi (AP) — Many were not just killed at home. They were killed by their homes. Angela Eason had visited Brenda Odoms’ tidy mobile home before. It was a place where Odoms, who had many...
#4 Muscogee Nation Renews Lawsuit Over Alabama Casino on Sacred Site
Jul 24 2023 // The Muscogee (Creek) Nation has asked a federal appellate court to reinstate its lawsuit against the Poarch Creek Band of Indians and Auburn University for improperly removing graves from a sacred site in Alabama to build...
#5 Alfa Insurance Agent in Alabama Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Defraud Elderly Victims
Jul 28 2023 // A former Alfa insurance agent in Alabama has pleaded guilty to defrauding people, most of them elderly, of more than $862,286 in life insurance. The plea agreement for Bret Chappell, 44, of Warrior, comes six months after...
#6 Is Trampoline Job Landscape Work? AI Says Yes. 11th Circuit Says It’s Not Covered
May 30 2024 // Is the installation of an in-ground trampoline considered landscaping work, covered by a landscaper’s liability insurance policy? Artificial intelligence programs suggest that it is. But human judges with the 11th...
#7 Police Didn’t Give Alabama Homeowner Time to Respond Before Firing, Lawyer Says
Oct 10 2023 // DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — An attorney representing the family of a Black man who was fatally shot at his home by police said Friday that officers did not give the man time to respond before they opened fire. Steve...
#8 Alabama Supreme Court Orders Lindberg and Company to Pay $11M Note to Med Firm
Dec 5 2023 // The legal and financial troubles for former insurance executive and international businessman Greg Lindberg, now awaiting a second trial on charges that he tried to bribe a state insurance commissioner, has spread far...
#9 AM Best Downgrades Alabama Muni Insurance Pool, Citing Law Enforcement Liability
Aug 7 2023 // The A.M. Best financial rating firm has downgraded the financial strength rating of the Alabama Municipal Insurance Corp., citing weather losses as well as law enforcement liability costs. “AMIC’s law...
#10 After Loss at Alabama Mercedes Plants, UAW Vows to Regroup and Try Again
May 20 2024 // TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A decisive vote against the United Auto Workers union at two Mercedes factories in Alabama on Friday sidetracked the UAW’s grand plan to sign up workers at nonunion plants mainly in the...
#11 ‘Smash-and-Grab’ Robberies Fuel New Laws, but Critics Question the Need
Jan 2 2024 // Even before Virginia lawmakers passed a tough new law against organized retail crime earlier this year, Bradley Haywood, a public defender in Arlington, Virginia, challenged the rationale. The idea that retailers in the...
#12 UAW Faces Key Test in the South With Upcoming Vote at Alabama Mercedes Plant
May 14 2024 // TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — After 20 years at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Alabama, Brett Garrard said he is “not falling for the lies anymore” and will vote for a union. The company has repeatedly promised to...
#13 Higginbotham Expands Collegiate Athletics Investment With LEARFIELD, Adds 10 Southern Universities to Portfolio
Nov 9 2023 // Higginbotham announced the expansion of its multi-year investment in collegiate athletics to include ten universities in the southern region of the United States through its continued sponsorship agreement with LEARFIELD,...
#14 Contributory Doesn’t Nix Subsequent Negligence, Alabama Court Says in UM Case
Oct 24 2023 // The Alabama Supreme Court has handed down two decisions that could have an impact on uninsured motorist claim payouts and on how construction surety bonds and contracts are defended. In MSE Building Co. vs. Stewart/Perry...
#15 Alfa Insurance Did Not Discriminate Against Worker with MS, Appeals Court Finds
Feb 21 2024 // Alfa Insurance, one of the largest property/casualty insurers in Alabama, did not discriminate against an employee with multiple sclerosis and did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal appeals court...
#16 Medical Groups Urge Alabama Supreme Court to Revisit Frozen Embryo Ruling
Mar 4 2024 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Groups representing Alabama doctors and hospitals urged the state Supreme Court on Friday to revisit a decision equating frozen embryos to children, saying the ruling is blocking fertility...
#17 Prime Insurance Avoids $60M Judgment in Liposuction Death Case in Georgia
Feb 12 2024 // Prime Insurance Co. is not liable for $60 million in damages after two patients died following liposuction at a Georgia clinic, thanks in part to the clear wording of the insurance policy and timely action by the insurer,...
#18 Alabama Supreme Court Says Work on New Coastal Bridge Can Resume
Aug 28 2023 // The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state can continue work on a new bridge that will give motorists an alternate route to state beaches. Justices reversed an injunction issued by a Montgomery judge that had...
#19 Alabama Governor Signs Legislation Protecting IVF Providers from Legal Liability
Mar 8 2024 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Facing pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted in the state, Alabama’s governor swiftly signed legislation into law Wednesday shielding doctors from potential legal...
#20 Alabama Lawmakers Push Sweeping Bill That Would Allow Lottery and Casinos
Feb 9 2024 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A group of Alabama lawmakers unveiled a sweeping gambling bill Wednesday that could authorize a state lottery and 10 casinos across the conservative Deep South state as some Republicans look to...
