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Alabama’s Top Court Continues to Make it Difficult for Injury Victims to Recover from Insurance Companies

As if the deck of cards is not already rigged against individuals and in favor or big business and the insurance industry, the Alabama Supreme Court has again piled on, making it even more difficult to recover for medical bills, permanent injuries, lost wages and pain and suffering in an opinion released on December 13, 2013. In Ex Parte Safeway Insurance Company of Alabama, on appeal from Jackson County Circuit Court, the Supreme Court held that the badly injured driver (Kimbrough) could not...

Man Injured in Construction Accident Awarded $1.7 Million

On October 30, 2009, Christopher Hill was on a man-lift installing overhead cranes during the construction of the ThyssenKrupp Steel Mill.  While standing in the man-lift eighty feet in the air, the wire ropes holding the lift broke, causing Hill to fall twenty-five feet. In the fall, Hill was seriously injured.  The femur in his right leg was broken and he hit his head so hard he lost consciousness.  Hill was suspended in the air for forty-five minutes before he was rescued b...

Deputy Completes Bicycle Trip for Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness

In July of 2004, Christopher Wilson was riding his motorcycle at a very low rate of speed when, because of a bump in the road, he flew over the handlebars landing on his head.  Tragically Wilson was not wearing a helmet at the time, and what should have been an off-road motorcycle accident with minor injuries, turned into an off-road motorcycle accident with life-threatening injuries.  In the crash, Wilson, who was in a coma for five days, sustained a broken neck, broken back and ...

Airport Panel Falls on Family

On Friday, March 22, a flight information panel at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport fell on a family, killing a ten-year-old boy and injuring his mother and two siblings. Luke Bresette, of Overland Park, Kansas was killed when the sign at the newly renovated Birmingham airport fell.  Bresette was taken to Children’s Hospital of Alabama where he was pronounced dead.  Bresette’s two siblings were also taken to the same hospital, but their condition is unknown. ...

Shattering Cookware Incidents on the Rise

Christmas Day brunch spent with family around the dining room table should be an enjoyable memory, not a frightening one.  Unfortunately for one Michigan grandmother, one Christmas Day brunch did become frightening when her glass Pyrex casserole pan exploded without warning on her holiday table.  Fortunately for the woman, no one at her family table was injured in the incident, even though broken glass shards were found three feet from the table under the Christmas tree. Recently o...

Former Police Officer Charged with Child Abuse

The majority of police officers in this country are hard working, honest individuals who try their best to uphold the laws of this nation and protect its citizens from harm and evil.  Unfortunately, there are those police officers who less worthy and instead of preventing harm to people, inflict harm instead. The Decatur Daily newspaper reports that a 27-year-old former Moulton police officer who had been arrested back in September for allegations of child abuse, has been indicted for t...

Investigation Into the Leeds Dog Mauling Continues

What begin as a stroll out to the street to check his mail box, ended up as a tragic, deadly incident for one elderly Leeds resident.  Donald Thomas, 82, walked out to his mail box and tragically was attacked by two of his neighbor’s dogs.  When his wife, Frances “Sally” Thomas, returned from her trip to the grocery store, she found her husband sprawled in their neighbor’s yard with the two dogs milling nearby.  Sally said that the mail was scattered everywhere, his glasses a...

PBR and Head Injury Prevention

Bull riding is widely regarded as one, if not the most, dangerous sport in the world.  When a 150-180 pound man comes into contact with a 1500-2000 pound bull, there’s no guessing who is going to end up with the short end of the stick.  Whether a bull intentionally or accidentally bashes a man with his horns or his head or stomps a man into the ground, the injuries received can be minor, major or fatal.  The Professional Bull Riders Association (PBR) has taken steps to preven...

Huntsville Contractor Cited by OSHA for Trenching Violations

The construction industry poses many dangers to construction workers, whether it be from exposure to hazardous chemicals, electrical equipment, heavy machinery or dangerous tools.  When a construction company forces its employees to work in unsafe conditions, those dangers are then compounded.  The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), has the responsibility of investigating unsafe working conditions for not only construction workers, but for all Ame...

Fuel Leak Suspected in Decatur Boat Explosion

Boating is an enjoyable recreational activity for many Americans.  Whether those boating are fishermen, water skiers, swimmers or those who just like to jet or sail around a lake or river for the pleasure of the outdoors, boating it an increasingly popular way to spend one’s free time.  Unfortunately, there are dangers associated with this enjoyable activity that are sometimes misunderstood or, in other cases, ignored. One of those dangers associated with boats and other marine cra...

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