It's Campaign Season: Another Tort Reform Lie Exposed

With campaign season starting to crank up, you are going to hear more and more of the mostly republican lie from politicians on the topic of tort reform. They are going to try and get you to believe that frivolous lawsuits and greedy trial lawyers have to be stopped at all costs or our economy and health care system are going to crumble.

Guess what! They are lying. And playing on the emotions of most Americans. They assume we will follow the herds headed for slaughter and buy into the myth of the those who are trying to do something to help the normal American.

Family Awarded $2.9 Million

The family of a 14-year-old girl who was killed in a 2004 hit-and-run crash while she was trying to cross a road has been awarded $2.9 million by a Bucks County, Pennsylvania judge.  The case was decided without a jury.

The girl, who was about to begin ninth grade, fell victim to a hit-and-run accident and killed by a 21-year-old who was intoxicated at the time and was driving with a suspended license. The at-fault driver was arrested for hit-and-run DUI and later plead guilty and is still in prison today. No amount of money will bring this precious little girl back to her family.

However, it allows the family to hold on to the fact that the person responsible for killing their daughter is being held responsible and is not just going to be free to do this to other innocent victims.

If you or someone you love have been injured as a result of someone's  carelessness or recklessness, contact Linton & Associates today for your free consultation. We are Alabama injury lawyers that come to you no matter where you are located. We have the knowledge and the resources to hold accountable those that harm you.

My name is Christopher S. Linton, Attorney at Linton and Associates Law Firm in Birmingham, Alabama. We specialize in Personal Injury, DUI Accidents, Wrongful Death, Premises and Product Liability, Auto Accidents and Infant Injury and Death.

Keywords:  Hit-And-Run, Hit and Run, DUI Accidents, Pedestrian Hit and Run, 14-Year Old Pennsylvania Girl Hit and Run, Personal Injury, Family Settlement

$11 Million Settlement Reached in Brain Injury Case

A 19-year-old Virginia woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a traffic crash, has settled her case for $11 million with the owner of a van that crossed the center line on a wet two-lane highway. 

She was a backseat passenger in the vehicle that was hit by the van. She incurred $562,043 in medical bills for the treatment of these injuries after the crash.

Currently, Alabama’s statute of limitations for bringing a personal injury or wrongful death claim is two years from the date of the accident. So, if you’ve been injured in an auto accident, consult with an attorney whose practice focuses in this area of the law to discuss your situation – and do so well before that deadline. As always, consultations are free, without obligation and are strictly confidential.

Before the injury, the woman participated in softball and gymnastics and took advanced placement classes in high school. The woman now has the functional abilities of a 12-year-old and her doctors feel that it is unlikely that she will ever recover any more intellectual capacity.

Unfortunately, these injuries happen too frequently and they are often the result of the wrongdoing of someone else. Likewise, when these injuries do happen, insurance companies refuse to do the right thing and if they are not forced into accountability, the victim suffers a second injustice to them.

At Linton & Associates, we are Alabama personal injury lawyers - committed to helping our clients recover the justice that they deserve. If you or a loved one have been injured as a result of the wrongdoing of someone else, contact us today for your free evaluation. We have the knowledge, experience and resources able to hold those that injured you accountable.

Source:  Lawyersusaonline.com

My name is Christopher S. Linton, Attorney at Linton and Associates Law Firm in Birmingham, Alabama. We specialize in Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Premises and Product Liability, Auto Accidents and Infant Injury and Death.

Keywords: Traumatic Brain Injury, Personal Injury, Car Wrecks, Motor Vehicle Accident, $11,000,000 Settlement, 19-Year Old Virginia Woman

Getting What You Deserve For Your Tornado Damage Claim

With the massive devastation from the storms throughout Alabama in April, obviously insurance companies owe a lot of money to their policy holders that suffered property damage. As always, these insurance companies are going to try every trick in the book to avoid their responsibilities to their policy holders and reduce the amount of money they have to pay on these claims. Using a combination of low ball offers and litigation, they employ the three D's. Deny, Delay and Defend.

Extremely motivated to collect premiums, but less eager to pay for covered losses.

  

Did you know that the insurance industry takes over $1 trillion annually in insurance premiums? The insurance industry also, has more than $3.8 trillion in assets, according to the Insurance Information Institute. One would think that with all of this money, why on earth would the insurance industry have to deny benefits to clients that were entitled to them.  There is only one thing that comes to mind and that is corporate greed.

If you are a residential or commercial property owner and have suffered property damage from the recent series of tornados or previous wind, storm, hail or fire, you should get the insurance payment you deserve and are entitled to under your policy. You need to call an attorney familiar with insurance law.

Insurance is a form of investment and it is your right as a policyholder to challenge the recovery you previously received. The insurance company's opinion of what an insured is owed from a claim is often lower than what the insured is actually entitled to under the policy.

Insurance companies can make more money by paying out less and any insurance company that takes advantage of people who are suffering from such devastation is wrong and it is disgusting.

If you feel that you might not have received the payment you deserve from your insurance claim, it is not too late. At Linton & Associates we work with a dedicated legal team to handle all aspects of your property claims and disputes through a network of experts that represent you, your family and your property. You deserve access to the courts and if we do not recover, you do not pay.

Contact us today for a free consultation and start the process of getting the payment you deserve.

My name is Christopher S. Linton, Attorney at Linton and Associates Law Firm in Birmingham, Alabama. We specialize in Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Premises and Product Liability, Auto Accidents and Infant Injury and Death.

What Are Dram Shop Laws?

Many people are unaware of laws related to dram shops. In general, these laws make liable vendors that sell or furnish alcohol to people already visibly intoxicated when that person injures another. The act says that a person who knowingly sells alcoholic beverages to a noticeably intoxicated person, knowing that such person will soon be driving, may become liable.

Alabama code section 6-5-71 provides a cause of action for spouses, parents, and children who shall be injured in person, property or means of support by any intoxicated person. This section grants these individuals a right of action against any person who shall by selling, giving, or disposing of alcohol to another, contrary to the provisions of law.

There are many examples of bars, restaurants, convenience stores, etc., putting profits above the safety of others by continuing to provide alcohol to intoxicated patrons. Often times people are injured or killed by a drunk driver and never find out one of the main causes for their injuries was the fact that an establishment continued to serve a drunk patron and did nothing to keep them off the road.

Last month a jury returned a $1 million verdict against a country club in a case where it continued to serve an intoxicated patron and later that patron hit and injured another person. Drinking and driving are a deadly mix and the results can be either serious injury or deaths for innocent victims. If you or a loved one have been injured as a result of a drunk driver, contact us for your free evaluation. We can investigate the circumstances surrounding your injuries and find those responsible that may otherwise go undetected. At Linton & Associates, we are Alabama injury attorneys that focus on drunk driving accidents and alcohol server liability. We have the knowledge and resources to fight for you and win.

My name is Christopher S. Linton, Attorney at Linton and Associates Law Firm in Birmingham, Alabama. We specialize in Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Premises and Product Liability, Auto Accidents and Infant Injury and Death.

Keywords:  Alabama Drunk Driving, Alabama Alcohol Server Liability, Alabama Dram Shop Laws

$14.5 Million Verdict Against State Farm

A jury in Hamilton County, Ohio, has returned a $14.5 million verdict in favor of an individual and a restoration company that he owned. 

This is another amazing example of the underhanded tactics that insurance companies are willing to go use in order to avoid paying the claims that they owe.

I applaud the jury for sending State Farm the message that their underhanded conduct is not going to be tolerated.

Mobile Jury Returns $40 Million Verdict for Wrongful Death

You May Have A Defective Seat Belt

A Mobile, Alabama jury has returned a $40 million verdict in favor of the parents of a Mobile County teenager who was killed in a car wreck in 2004. The jury award came in a wrongful death lawsuit against Kia Motors and the maker of a seat belt buckle that failed. The girl was ejected from her car on a highway in west Mobile on July 4, 2004.

The high school student was driving a 1999 Kia Sephia that her father had bought for her 16th birthday, just two months prior to the accident. Kia officials knew that the seat belts in the 1999 model were defective but did not include them in a recall. This is yet another example of major corporations putting profits ahead of consumer safety and this conduct is happening in the board rooms of major corporations consistently. However, this Alabama jury sent a message that all of the greedy corporations should listen to, and that is that we are going to hold you responsible if you continue this conduct in Alabama.