Jeff Rickard and David resolved a case for the wife of a man who died as a result of injuries sustained in a traffic wreck. The couple had been married 53 years when he died. The wreck occurred on Highway 280 near Sylacauga when the pickup truck he was driving was struck by a commercial cargo/box van truck. The driver of the commercial truck was on methadone at the time of the wreck. The use of methadone while driving a commercial vehicle is against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Rules and Regulations.
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...