Latest Alabama Headlines
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Southeast Has Higher Tornado Fatality Risk Than Midwest
Jul 7 2014 // Oklahoma and Kansas may have the reputations as tornado hot spots, but Florida and the rest of the Southeast are far more vulnerable to killer twisters, a new analysis shows. Florida leads the country in deaths calculated...
Alabama State Suit Against Auditor Dismissed by California Court
Jul 3 2014 // A California court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Alabama State University against the auditing firm that’s reviewing the school’s finances. An attorney for Forensic Strategic Solutions said that Los Angeles...
Alabama Catholic Broadcaster to Appeal Contraception Mandate Ruling
Jun 20 2014 // A federal judge has tossed out a Catholic broadcaster’s legal claim that requiring employers to include contraception in their health care coverage is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Callie Granade issued the...
Ex-Coach Crowe Goes on Offense for Youth Injury Prevention
Jun 18 2014 // The opposing running back from Jack Crowe’s first game as a full-time high school coach died after a hit later in the 1972 season. Auburn’s starting fullback in 1983, Greg Pratt, collapsed and died after a...
University of Alabama Researchers Show Small Changes Can Make Big Difference During Tornadoes
Jun 16 2014 // Surviving a tornado in a wood-frame residential home is enhanced by an intact roof and standing walls, but light-weight garage doors can be the weak link to allowing high winds and pressure changes into a home that can...
Alabama Supreme Court Says Town Immune from Body Parts Suit
Jun 9 2014 // The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that a family can’t sue a Dallas County town where firefighters are accused of leaving the remains of a fire victim inside a burned home. The court ruled last Friday that the town...
Alabama Supreme Court Orders New Trial in $1M Firing Case
Jun 1 2014 // The Alabama Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in a lawsuit that resulted in a more than $1 million judgment against an auto parts manufacturer. The justices last Friday sided with Guyoungtech USA, Inc., which makes...
Judge Reinstates Harper Lee’s Suit Against Alabama Museum
May 28 2014 // A federal judge has reinstated a lawsuit that “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee filed against a museum in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. U.S. District Judge William Steele signed an order...
Alabama Supreme Court Nixes Tribal Immunity for Casino in Dram-Shop Case
May 27 2014 // An Alabama casino lost any tribal immunity from dram-shop lawsuits when it agreed as part of the state licensing process that it would be financially responsible for damages in serving alcohol to an apparently intoxicated...
OSHA Reviewing Alabama Car Parts Plant Use of Chemical
May 23 2014 // Federal regulators are investigating complaints about safety problems at an automotive parts plant in Selma. The Selma Times-Journal reported the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reviewing operations at...
Harper Lee Deal with Alabama Museum Over ‘Mockingbird’ Falters
May 22 2014 // A lawsuit settlement between “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee and a museum in her Alabama hometown has failed. Attorneys for Lee filed court papers this week seeking reinstatement of a suit she filed...
Alabama Supreme Court Nixes $37 Million Judgment Against Nightclub
May 12 2014 // The Alabama Supreme Court has tossed out a $37 million judgment against a Jefferson County nightclub. The court ruled 9-0 Friday that there was not a sufficient effort to notify the nightclub owner of the litigation before...
Alabama Storms Damaged More Than 240 Homes
May 1 2014 // Emergency managers said at least 240 homes were damaged or destroyed by the tornadoes and strong storms that swept through Alabama. The Alabama Emergency Management Agency said damage has been reported in 31 of...
Hundreds Rescued From Flooding in Florida Panhandle, Coastal Alabama
May 1 2014 // People were plucked off rooftops or climbed into their attics to get away from fast-rising waters when nearly 2 feet of rain fell on the Florida Panhandle and Alabama coast in the span of about 24 hours, the latest bout of...
Severe Weather Continues; Florida, Alabama Suffer Flooding
Apr 30 2014 // The Florida Panhandle and the Alabama Gulf Coast are dealing with severe flooding from torrential rains as a storm system continues to batter the Southeast. The death toll from the dozens of tornadoes, heavy rains and...
Storm Threat Continues in South; 11 Lives Already Lost in Southeast
Apr 29 2014 // Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms are expected to sweep across the U.S. South, threatening more damage to a region where dozens died in the past two days. There’s a moderate risk of severe storms, high winds and...
Alabama Extends Statute of Limitations for Securities Fraud Cases
Apr 10 2014 // The director of the Alabama Securities Commission expects a new state law to make it easier to prosecute securities fraud cases that take years for the crime to emerge. Gov. Robert Bentley signed legislation this week...
Alabama Riverboat Owners, Sorority Sued Over Student Drowning
Apr 10 2014 // Relatives of a University of Alabama student who drowned after falling from the Bama Belle riverboat during a 2012 sorority party have filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The Tuscaloosa News reported that Tre’ Jones...
Alabama Braces for Possible Tornadoes
Apr 3 2014 // Forecasters say a pair of storm systems will bring the threat of isolated tornadoes to parts of Alabama. The National Weather Service expects severe weather to move into the state late Thursday into early Friday, with...
More GM Vehicles Faulty Than In Recall Claims California Lawsuit
Mar 26 2014 // A lawsuit against General Motors Co. filed this week in San Francisco seeking class action status includes plaintiffs who own cars outside GM’s recall of 1.6 million vehicles. The suit claims that a wider set of GM...
