Latest Alabama Headlines
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Deer Crashes on Rise in Alabama
Dec 20 2010 // Josh Dodd was traveling home last year, the same Alabama route he has taken countless times on Lauderdale 7, when a deer ran onto the road. Instinctively, he dodged to avoid colliding with the deer. His car went off the...
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Dec 20 2010 // Insurance broker Marsh appointed Peter Mavraganis as U.S. leader of its renewable energy practice. Mavraganis, based in New York, will oversee Marsh’s support for its clients in renewable energy development,...
Incoming Alabama Gov. Bentley to Keep Ridling As Insurance Chief
Dec 17 2010 // Incumbent Alabama Commissioner of Insurance Jim L. Ridling will continue in that role in the new administration of Governor-elect Robert Bentley. Ridling has served as commissioner since 2008. “Jim Ridling is a...
Man Seeks $8 Million Over Alleged Police Beating in Alabama
Dec 15 2010 // A man has filed a federal lawsuit over his claim that two Russell County, Ala. deputy sheriffs beat him while a Phenix City police officer watched. Patrick Carlton Harrington is seeking $8 million in the lawsuit, which was...
Alabama Jury Awards $5 Million to Arson Victim
Dec 9 2010 // Lauderdale County, Ala. jurors have awarded $5 million in damages to a woman who suffered life-threatening injuries in a 2004 arson fire. The TimesDaily newspaper reported that 20-year-old Karrie Hayes testified during the...
Alabama Gov. Riley Alleges Extortion by BP Claims Fund
Dec 7 2010 // President Barack Obama should intervene to stop the $20 billion BP oil spill compensation fund from depriving claimants of their rights, Alabama Governor Bob Riley said Monday, calling the way the fund was operating...
Alabama High Court Reinstates Suit Over Deadly Bus Crash
Dec 7 2010 // Victims of a 2006 school bus crash that killed four high school students and injured two dozen others in Huntsville four years ago can move forward with their lawsuits against a bus company, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled...
Alabama Court Rules Story of Rumor with Denial Can Be Libelous
Dec 6 2010 // An Alabama appeals court has ruled that a false and defamatory published statement can be libelous even if it accurately quotes a person making the claim, includes a denial and makes clear the allegation is unverified. The...
Alabama Gets Its Own Insurance Information Service
Nov 30 2010 // Many of Alabama’s personal and commercial lines insurers have established the Alabama Insurance Information Service (AIIS), a not-for-profit, non-lobbying trade association to provide news and information to the...
BP Says It Has Paid Alabama $657 Million So Far for Disaster Recovery
Nov 10 2010 // Oil giant BP says it has paid more than $657 million for grants, claims and recovery costs in Alabama from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil company released updated figures this week on the amounts it has paid...
Republicans Gain Control in State Houses
Nov 4 2010 // Republicans were not only victorious in the U.S. House but also in state houses across the country. Tuesday night’s GOP power will give the party its largest number of seats in state legislatures since the Great...
Alabama Weighs 12.4% Drop in Workers’ Compensation Costs
Nov 2 2010 // Alabama insurance officials will consider an industry proposal to lower workers’ compensation loss costs in the state at a public hearing tomorrow in Montgomery. Citing reduced claims frequency, workers’...
Alabama Wind Pool Restricts Insuring Buildings Built In or Over Water
Nov 1 2010 // The Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association, the state’s wind insurer of last resort, will stop issuing policies for buildings standing in or built over water. Manager Bob Groves said the association is worried...
Alabama City Denies Workers’ Compensation for Injured Off-Duty Cop
Oct 29 2010 // Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange said the city is not able to grant workers’ compensation benefits to the family of injured police Cpl. David Brown. The family filed a lawsuit against the city seeking the benefits for...
Nationwide Settles Dispute Over Alabama Employees’ Retirement Plan
Oct 29 2010 // Alabama state employees who relied on a deferred compensation plan from Nationwide Retirement Solutions will receive $16 million in a settlement of lawsuits over millions in fees that were paid to a lobbying group for...
Alabama Study: School Bus Seat Belt Money Better Spent at Crossings
Oct 27 2010 // School buses are safe enough without seat belts and students in many cases ignore a requirement to wear them, according to a study in Alabama released this week that found the straps would save the life of about one child...
Alabama Wind Pool: No New Policies on Buildings Built Over Water
Oct 25 2010 // The state’s insurer of last resort, the Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association, will stop issuing policies for buildings standing in or built over water. The association provides coverage for wind damage, but...
Court Upholds Conviction of Former Alabama Insurance CEO Goff
Oct 25 2010 // A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a former Montgomery insurance executive who was once a major supplier of workers compensation insurance in the Southeast. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in...
Tort Reform Takes Back Seat in Alabama’s Race for Governor
Oct 18 2010 // Huge jury verdicts, once potent political issues in a state known as “tort hell,” are getting little mention in this year’s race for Alabama governor. Dr. Robert Bentley, the Republican nominee, has...
It Figures
Oct 18 2010 // 1,394 The number of miners participating in a settlement with Dow Chemical Co. and Flexible Products Co. in an Alabama court over the miners’ claims they were exposed to hazardous chemicals. The surprise settlement...
