Archive for September, 2011
WVUA hosts LawCall every week on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. This week the topic will be “Dealing with the Insurance Company” Robert Prince, will host the show and Bill Donald,III , will be the guest. Please email us your legal questions anytime at lawcall@wvua7.com. Each week, questions will be answered on the air. LawCall can [...]
Honda Motor Company says it is recalling certain Pilot SUVs from the 2009 through 2011 model years to fix a potential defect in the way their safety belts are sewn together. The car maker says the recall includes 310,773 vehicles built from March 13, 2008, through Aug. 30, 2011. On the affected vehicles it is [...]
Law Call – 08/11/11 Alabama Personal Injury Law – Accidents
When Congress passed the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act in 1997 to save and secure passenger rail service in America, the lawmakers issued a series of solemn “findings” in connection with the legislation. One such finding noted that “additional flexibility is needed to allow Amtrak to operate in a businesslike manner in order to manage [...]
WVUA hosts LawCall every week on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. This week the topic will be “Bankruptcy” Matt Glover, will host the show and Melinda Dionne, will be the guest. Please email us your legal questions anytime at lawcall@wvua7.com. Each week, questions will be answered on the air. LawCall can be found on channel 6 [...]
Traffic deaths in the United States have dropped to their lowest level since 1949, according to a report released early this year by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Remarkably, this drop occurred even as Americans drove 21 billion more miles in 2010 than they had the previous year. The drop in fatalities is [...]
Attorney Coe Baxter has settled a car wreck case that happened on Christmas Eve last year. The adverse driver turned left in front of our client, which unfortunately caused our client to hit her. The airbag deployed, and our client endured internal bleeding, bruising, and broken fingers. Mr. Baxter negotiated a quick and favorable settlement [...]
Partner Matt Glover has reached a confidential settlement in a case involving three Alabama poultry farmers in Pickens County. Their poultry houses were damaged during severe windstorms, but the insurance companies denied all the claims, citing “wear and tear” or “improper construction” as the cause of damage. Interestingly, the companies didn’t note any “wear and [...]
Attorney Coe Baxter has once again settled a car wreck case involving an 18-wheeler. Our client was making a left turn when a log truck t-boned her car. The truck driver told police he didn’t see her. Our client sustained shoulder, neck, and back pain as a result of the collision. The insurance company initially [...]