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Partisan elections for Alabama’s highest courts are out of control. The money that has been spent over the past 15 years on Supreme Court races in Alabama is obscene and definitely calls into...

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, insurers reported their highest ever profit, $73 billion, up 49 percent from the previous year. With 60 million customers paying more than $50 billiion in premiums per year, homeowners are often surprised to find out that insurers won't pay the full cost of rebuilding their damaged or destroyed home. The insurance companies routinely refuse to pay market...

As of now twelve states have laws that specifically prohibit parents or guardians from leaving children alone in cars. Some of the states make it a traffic violation that includes a ticket or fine and other states make the offense a misdemeanor with a possible prison sentence. All states have laws that allow authorities to charge parents with child neglect and endangerment if a child dies...

On Wednesday, a steam pipe burst in Midtown Manhattan, killing one person and wounding around 25 others. During rush hour the pipe burst sending steam and dirt high into the sky. Many New Yorkers thought the explosion was a terrorist attack, but that theory was quickly ruled out.The explosion left a large crater in the ground, and a red truck lay on the bottom. Many people were struck by...

Texas lawmakers are considering a bill which would shield oil companies from legal claims alleging a fuel additive designed to improve air quality is defective, it has polluted the drinking water in Texas and across the country, and major players in the industry knew it. MTBE is the additive which has been found in drinking water supplies and could cost billiions to clean up. The government...

An Autauga County jury awarded Dr. Gene Parker more than $1 million against a cemetery for fraud and breach of contract. Parker bought an "estate plot" from the cemetery's former owners which included landscaping, concrete walkways and a large family marker. The current owners redrew the plots, reducing their size so as no not to include space for the aformentioned amenities. Additionally, they...

Attorneys for former University of Alabama recruiting coordinator Ronnie Contrell will ask the Alabama Supreme Court to uphold a $30 million Tuscaloosa County jury verdict which was set aside. Cottrell filed a defamation suit against the NCAA and several other parties, including Tom Culpepper, in December of 2002. Tuscaloosa County Circuit Judge Steve Wilson dismissed the NCAA as defendants,...

Mississippi Senator, and former majority leader, Trent Lott settled his lawsuit against State Farm for their refusal to cover Hurricane Katrina damage to his beach home. Lott, whose case was scheduled to be tried in September, has acknowledged in recent months that he was weighing settlement, but has never ruled out the possibility of trial. State Farm agreed in Jaunuary to pay $80 million to...

A neighbor witnessed Edward Gemmill's his roof blow away right before the water started to poor through his own home when Hurricane Katrina hit, a structural engineer testified.The engineer testified on Gemmill's behalf on the first day of trial in the civil case of Gemmill vs. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company. Gemmill, alleges State Farm refused to honor his homeowner's policy because the...

In a growing investigation into alleged illegal drug sales and insurance fraud, more arrests are to come. Detectives said a local pharmacy sold human growth hormones and steroids. The buyers include some big name professional athletes.Investigators are working together in Alabama, Florida, New York and Texas. Just one day after the owners of Signature Compounding Pharmacy were arrested,...

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