Jeff Rickard settled a case for a young family man who was hurt on-the-job at a construction site. The case focused on the lack of safety precautions taken by a general contractor when cutting down a square steel column. That column fell and struck our client in the head. Despite the fact that he was wearing a hard hat, the impact caused a serious spinal cord injury, which resulted in partial paralysis. The client fought valiantly to learn to walk with assistance but he is not expected to walk again. The case focused on job site safety rules, regulations, communications and practices.
Alabama’s Unique Rule for Defective Products
A Product Liability Framework Unique to Alabama Alabama takes a genuinely different approach to defective product claims than most other states, one built around a doctrine found nowhere else in the country. Understanding how this framework actually works matters...