Derrick Mills settled a case on behalf of a man who lost his leg from an on-the-job injury. At the time, the client was working for a contractor that provided paper-shredding services for various agencies of the federal government. The shredder he used was so large it was mounted to a flatbed trailer. It was also brand new, but it literally came apart while it was operating; large pieces of fan blades struck the client’s right leg, which later had to be amputated.
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...