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Manufacturing a Product for a Customer? Better Be Careful!
by HWC Partner Carter Clay Although not terribly common, there are occasions where an individual or company may go to a fabricator or a product manufacturer and ask them to manufacture a product or...
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You Better Object During Trial
by Carter Clay Prior to any trial, the attorneys will assess the need to file motions in limine to try to keep out damaging or prejudicial testimony and evidence. Typically, the court will hold a...
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Post-COVID Jury Verdicts … What’s Going On?
by Josh Wright Post-COVID verdict averages in personal injury claims are up close to 50% from that of pre-COVID verdicts, according to recent statistics.¹ Verdicts in 2022 alone for Alabama injury...
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Alcohol & Drug-Related Injury Cases & the Ever-Developing Area of Toxicology...
by HWC Managing Partner Josh Wright Managing Partner Josh Wright has developed a specialty over the last 25 years in the litigation of toxicology admissibility. Long a regionally-recognized drunk...
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Safer Alternative Design Proof in Defective Product Cases
by HWC Partner Carter Clay To establish the existence of a safer design, a plaintiff, typically through an expert must provide substantial evidence to show (1) that the injuries caused by the product...
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Alabama Declaratory Judgment Act: Some Use It. Some Abuse It.
by HWC Attorney Michael Eldridge It is not uncommon for individuals and companies to face situations in which they are unsure of the potential legal ramifications that follow certain future actions or...
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Recent Changes to Alabama’s Longstanding Dram Shop Act (Alcohol Injury...
by HWC Managing Partner Josh Wright The Alabama Dram Shop Act has been around since 1909, and in pertinent part, has been in place to protect “every wife, child, parent, or other person who was injured...
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False Arrest: Does the Police Officer Have Immunity?
by HWC Attorney Craig Shirley Unfortunately, there are times when people are falsely arrested, whether intentionally or simply by a mistake in identity. When that does happen, there is a potential for...
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Obtaining Medical Treatment Under the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act
by HWC Attorney Allwin E. Horn, IV One of the benefits of the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act is that as long as an employee is injured during the line, scope and course of their employment, payment...
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Is It Really Product “Misuse”?
by HWC Partner Carter Clay For any attorney who has pursued product liability cases on behalf of injured victims, you know that the attorney(s) for the manufacturer will often claim that the plaintiff...
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