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Alabama Jury Awards $5.5M to Family of Man Killed in Crane Accident

Jun 20 2016 // A west Alabama jury has awarded $5.5 million to relatives of a man who died when a crane toppled over in 2012.The Tuscaloosa News reports that jurors in Hale County returned the verdict May 17 in the death of 47-year-old...

North Alabama Water Diluted to Lower Contamination Levels

Jun 16 2016 // A water system that had to tell its 10,000 customers not to drink from their taps has brought chemical contamination down to federally acceptable levels by diluting it with water from another north Alabama utility,...

Alabama Utility Warns Residents in 2 Counties of Water Contamination

Jun 6 2016 // Lisa Davis, a cashier at a Foodvalu grocery store in rural north Alabama, spent Friday, June 3, ringing up bottled water sales after a local utility declared its tap water unfit to drink because of chemical...

Alabama Jury Awards $5.5 million to Family of Man Killed in Crane Accident

Jun 1 2016 // A west Alabama jury has awarded $5.5 million to relatives of a man who died when a crane toppled over in 2012.The Tuscaloosa News reports that jurors in Hale County returned the verdict May 17 in the death of 47-year-old...

Alabama Jury Awards $20M in Medical Malpractice Suit Against Hospital

May 23 2016 // A jury in northeast Alabama has returned a $20 million verdict against a local rehab hospital.The Gadsden Times reports that an Etowah County jury on May 18 found that a woman received an overdose of non-prescribed opiates...

Industry Partners with University of Alabama on Tornado Preparedness Guide

May 23 2016 // The Alabama Center for Insurance Information and Research at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce has partnered with the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, the Alabama Department of...

Rolls-Royce Settles Fatal Alabama Helicopter Crash for $8M

May 3 2016 // The family of a man killed in a 2010 helicopter accident in Fort Rucker, Alabama, has reached an $8.5 million settlement with two companies.The Dothan Eagle reports that Rolls-Royce Corporation, which was responsible for...

3.0 Earthquake Hits Western Alabama

May 2 2016 // No injuries are being reported following a small earthquake in Alabama’s Tuscaloosa County. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 3.0 earthquake occurred around 4 a.m. Friday about halfway between Tuscaloosa...

University of Alabama Partners With Industry on Tornado Preparedness Guide

May 2 2016 // The Alabama Center for Insurance Information and Research at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce has partnered with the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, the Alabama Department of...

Alabama Medical Marijuana Bill Headed to Governor

Apr 29 2016 // The Alabama legislature on Wednesday voted to decriminalize medicinal marijuana oil possession.In a 95-4 vote in the House of Representatives and a 29-3 vote in the Senate, legislators supported a bill supporters say is a...

Alabama Jury Orders Dollar General to Pay Injured Truck Driver $925K

Apr 27 2016 // A jury in Lauderdale County, Alabama has returned one of the largest personal injury verdicts in the county’s history, finding Dollar General at fault for injuries sustained by a Kentucky delivery driver five years...

Owner of 9 Group Homes in Alabama Decertified by State

Apr 19 2016 // The Alabama Department of Mental Health decertified the owner of nine group homes in northern Alabama.State officials delivered the notice to K&D Group Home executive director Katie M. Smith that the state was...

Alabama Woman Injured by Car Crash Inside Dollar General Sues Store

Apr 12 2016 // An Alabama woman is suing Dollar General saying she was injured when a car crashed inside one of its stores.News outlets report that 53-year-old Deborah Renae Gilliam filed a civil lawsuit April 4 in Tuscaloosa County...

Weather Service Confirms Alabama Hit by 7 Tornadoes

Apr 11 2016 // The National Weather Service says storm surveys show seven tornadoes skipped across central Alabama late Wednesday and early Thursday. No one was seriously hurt and most of the twisters were weak, causing only scattered...

Tornadoes Leave Damage Behind in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi

Apr 4 2016 // Strong storms plowed through Georgia on their way to the Carolinas Friday, spawning at least one confirmed tornado, after setting off tornadoes that swirled through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.The National Weather...

Alabama Supreme Court Overturns $12.6M Verdict in Workplace Accident Case

Apr 4 2016 // The Alabama Supreme Court has overturned a $12.6 million judgment in a lawsuit resulting from a workplace accident.The justices sided with Dothan-based South Alabama Brick Co. in a decision released last month. A Mobile...

Alabama Supreme Court Overturns $12.6M Verdict in Workplace Accident Case

Mar 22 2016 // The Alabama Supreme Court has overturned a $12.6 million judgment in a lawsuit resulting from a workplace accident.The justices sided with Dothan-based South Alabama Brick Co. in a decision released Friday. A Mobile County...

Alabama to Host Scientific Research Study of Southern Tornadoes

Mar 21 2016 // Weather researchers say they expect about 40 scientists from around the nation to participate in “VORTEX Southeast,” an upcoming study of the unique characteristics of tornadoes that develop in the South. Like...

Alabama Makes Arrest in Fraud Ring Targeting 22 Insurers

Mar 11 2016 // The Alabama Department of Insurance: Insurance Fraud Unit has arrested 43-year-old Elvie Gray of Hale County for the crime of insurance fraud.On February 1, a Hale County Grand Jury indicted Gray after an extensive...

EF2 Tornado Strikes Alabama, Damages at Least 12 Homes

Mar 4 2016 // Forecasters say a tornado that severely damaged homes and trees in a Birmingham, Ala., suburb has been determined as an EF2, with winds of between 120 and 125 mph. National Weather Service meteorologist Jason Holmes told...