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#1 Alabama Prisoners Work at Stores But Not Eligible for Parole or Workers’ Comp

Dec 23 2024 // DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A storm was looming when the inmate serving 20 years for armed robbery was assigned to transport fellow prisoners to their jobs at private manufacturers supplying goods to companies like Home Depot...

#2 Is Trampoline Job Landscape Work? AI Says Yes. 11th Circuit Says It’s Not Covered

May 30 2024 // Is the installation of an in-ground trampoline considered landscaping work, covered by a landscaper’s liability insurance policy?Artificial intelligence programs suggest that it is. But human judges with the 11th...

#3 After Loss at Alabama Mercedes Plants, UAW Vows to Regroup and Try Again

May 20 2024 // TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A decisive vote against the United Auto Workers union at two Mercedes factories in Alabama on Friday sidetracked the UAW’s grand plan to sign up workers at nonunion plants mainly in the...

#4 UAW Faces Key Test in the South With Upcoming Vote at Alabama Mercedes Plant

May 14 2024 // TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — After 20 years at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Alabama, Brett Garrard said he is “not falling for the lies anymore” and will vote for a union.The company has repeatedly promised to...

#5 Alfa Insurance Did Not Discriminate Against Worker with MS, Appeals Court Finds

Feb 21 2024 // Alfa Insurance, one of the largest property/casualty insurers in Alabama, did not discriminate against an employee with multiple sclerosis and did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal appeals court...

#6 Medical Groups Urge Alabama Supreme Court to Revisit Frozen Embryo Ruling

Mar 4 2024 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Groups representing Alabama doctors and hospitals urged the state Supreme Court on Friday to revisit a decision equating frozen embryos to children, saying the ruling is blocking fertility...

#7 Prime Insurance Avoids $60M Judgment in Liposuction Death Case in Georgia

Feb 12 2024 // Prime Insurance Co. is not liable for $60 million in damages after two patients died following liposuction at a Georgia clinic, thanks in part to the clear wording of the insurance policy and timely action by the insurer,...

#8 Alabama Governor Signs Legislation Protecting IVF Providers from Legal Liability

Mar 8 2024 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Facing pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted in the state, Alabama’s governor swiftly signed legislation into law Wednesday shielding doctors from potential legal...

#9 Alabama Lawmakers Push Sweeping Bill That Would Allow Lottery and Casinos

Feb 9 2024 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A group of Alabama lawmakers unveiled a sweeping gambling bill Wednesday that could authorize a state lottery and 10 casinos across the conservative Deep South state as some Republicans look to...

#10 Bond Slashed by $1.8M for Man Accused of Crashing Into Senator’s Wife in Alabama

Mar 14 2024 // BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama judge cut bond by nearly $1.9 million on Tuesday for a man accused of fleeing from police during a car chase and causing a crash last January that injured Gayle Manchin, the wife of...

#11 IVF Clinic Insurance Affected by Ruling as Alabama Lawmakers Look for a Fix

Feb 27 2024 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Lawmakers began scrambling for ways to protect Alabama in vitro fertilization services after multiple providers paused treatment in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos...

#12 No Insurance on 200-foot Tower Stolen from Alabama Town’s Radio Station

Feb 12 2024 // JASPER, Ala. (AP) — The theft of a giant radio tower has silenced what used to be the voice of a small Alabama town and the surrounding county, the radio station’s general manager said.A thief or thieves made off...

#13 Authorities: Man Fleeing Police in Alabama Caused Crash That Injured Gayle Manchin

Feb 5 2024 // HOMEWOOD, Ala. (AP) — A man fleeing police caused the Alabama car crash that injured Gayle Manchin, head of an economic development partnership of the federal government and 13 state governments and the wife of U.S. Sen....

#14 Aspiring Alabama Country Singer/Claims Adjuster Charged After Violating Bond at CMA

Dec 2 2024 // An Alabama public adjuster known as an aspiring country music singer has been re-arrested after reportedly violating the terms of his bond from an arrest earlier this year.Austin Tanner, of Orange Beach, also appears to be...

#15 Southeast Seas Rising Faster Than Other Regions, ‘Turbocharging’ Floods, Report Finds

May 2 2024 // From the Rio Grande to the Outer Banks, sea levels are rising faster than most other parts of the world, blocking the outflow of rivers and streams and causing inland flooding that would not have been seen just a few years...

#16 Family Settles with Officer Whose K9 Killed an Alabama Man in 2018

Aug 19 2024 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The family of a man killed by a police dog in Montgomery, Alabama, has agreed to settle its federal lawsuit against the police officer who handled the animal, but their lawyers said Friday that...

#17 Alabama Shipbuilder Austal to Pay $24M to Settle Accounting Fraud Probe

Aug 29 2024 // MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Austal USA, an Alabama-based shipbuilder that makes vessels for the U.S. Navy, has admitted wrongdoing and agreed to pay a $24 million fine to settle an accounting fraud investigation, the U.S....

#18 Two Montgomery Workers Charged with Insurance Fraud in Alabama

Apr 30 2024 // Montgomery, Alabama, authorities have charged two workers – a contract employee and a firefighter – with insurance fraud in unrelated alleged scams.Local news outlet reported that Michael Granger Hicks, who worked for...

#19 Alabama Insurance Producer Pleads to Threatening Prosecutor in Trump Case

Jun 20 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — An Alabama insurance producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to leaving threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the county sheriff last summer because he was angry over the...

#20 COVID Liability Immunity Includes Slips and Falls at Hospital – Alabama High Court

Jan 29 2024 // When the COVID-19 virus spread across the country three years ago, dozens of state legislatures approved statutes that granted health care providers immunity from legal actions brought by people who claimed to have been...