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Social media can help connect you with others. However, your use of social media could also hurt your car accident claim. Insurance companies can use anything you post on social media against you, even taking a comment or photo out of context to question your injuries or credibility. …
Car accidents happen in urban and rural areas throughout Alabama. However, the common causes of these crashes differ by location. In urban areas, crashes often involve heavy traffic, frequent stops, and distracted driving. While fewer crashes may occur in rural areas, they usually include speeding and, in turn,…
Some childhood injuries happen during regular play and heal quickly. But serious accidents that cause lasting harm to kids are rare. They can put families in truly precarious positions. If you are a family in this position, Alabama law allows you to seek fair compensation for the losses…
“Dooring” is an act that causes a type of accident when a cyclist hits an open car door. The accident can happen when a parked car door swings open into the path of an oncoming cyclist without the driver looking. In Alabama, the person opening the door into…
Alabama Truck Accident Lawyer Aaron Gartlan outlines for you in this article the seven steps to increasing the chances of success in truck wrecks in particular as well as other accident cases in general. These seven steps are applied in an effort to prove and demonstrate liability, injuries…
Car accident claims in Alabama typically end in insurance settlements or trial judgments. In a trial, a judge or jury decides the outcome. In a settlement, the parties reach a voluntary, binding agreement. Most car accident cases end in settlements for the sake of time and cost. Because…
After you get hurt in an accident in Alabama, you have a limited time to file a lawsuit against the at-fault parties. Under the Alabama statute of limitations for personal injury, Ala. Code § 6-2-38(l), you typically have two years to file suit. Courts strictly enforce the deadline…
Alabama’s state laws include some strange and technically enforceable mandates, such as bans on wearing fake mustaches in church and carrying ice cream in your back pocket. While most won’t affect your daily life, they offer an amusing glimpse into the past. Not every law on the books…
Settling an Alabama car accident case can range from a few weeks to several months or longer. The exact time your case could take to resolve depends on various factors, including the severity of your injuries, the complexity of establishing liability, and the tactics used by the insurance…
You have likely heard of an airplane’s black box, which records flight data that is useful when investigating the cause of a crash. A flight data recorder is a critical device in aviation, capturing essential flight data and cockpit conversations for accident analysis. Many cars have similar devices…