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6-5-755
Section 6-5-755 Recovery; contribution. (a) In an action against a manufacturer and one or
more other defendants, including other manufacturers, for death or injury to person
or damage to property arising out of an accident, the right of the plaintiff to recover jointly
and severally against such defendants found liable is preserved. (b) Notwithstanding subsection
(a), in an action arising out of such accident, if the respective or comparative responsibility
of tortfeasors is an issue, then the jury shall return special verdicts, or in the absence
of a jury the court shall make special findings, allocating the percentage of responsibility
attributable to each defendant found to have proximately caused the accident. (c) Responsibility
for the accident may be allocated to a nonparty in an action under the procedure described
in subsection (b) if each of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) A defendant affirmatively
pleads the responsibility of a nonparty as a proximate cause of...
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41-9-351
Section 41-9-351 Commission may provide for insurance for properties and employees. (a) The
commission may provide insurance covering loss or damage to its properties or any properties
of others in its custody, care, or control or any properties as to which it has any insurable
interest caused by fire or other casualty and may likewise provide insurance for the payment
of damages on account of the injury or death of persons and the loss or destruction
of properties of others, and may pay the premiums out of the revenues of the commission. Nothing
in this section shall be construed to authorize or permit the institution of any civil action
or proceeding in any court against the commission for or on account of any matter referred
to in this section. Any contracts of insurance authorized by this section may, in the discretion
of the chair of the commission, provide for a direct right of action against the insurance
carrier for the enforcement of any claims or causes of action. (b) The...
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41-9-62
of board generally; employees of municipalities, counties, etc., not within jurisdiction of
board, etc. (a) The Board of Adjustment shall have the power and jurisdiction and it shall
be its duty to hear and consider: (1) All claims for damages to the person or property growing
out of any injury done to either the person or property by the State of Alabama or
any of its agencies, commissions, boards, institutions or departments, with the exception
of claims by employees of the state for personal injury or death arising out
of the course of employment with the State of Alabama, where such employees are covered by
an employee injury compensation program; (2) All claims for personal injuries
to or the death of any convict, and all claims for personal injuries to or the death
of any employee of a city or county board of education, or college or university, arising
out of the course of the employee's employment and where the employee is not covered by a
worker's compensation...
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41-9-961
Section 41-9-961 Insurance; civil actions; liability. (a) The commission may provide insurance
covering loss or damage to its properties or any properties of others in its custody, care,
or control, or any properties as to which it has any insurable interest caused by fire or
other casualty and may likewise provide insurance for the payment of damages on account of
the injury to or death of persons and the loss of or destruction of properties of others,
and may pay the premiums out of the revenues of the commission. Nothing in this section shall
be construed to authorize or permit the institution of any civil action or proceeding in any
court against the commission for or on account of any matter referred to in this section;
provided, any contracts of insurance authorized by this section may, in the discretion of
the chair of the commission, provide for a direct right of action against the insurance carrier
for the enforcement of any claims or causes of action. (b) The liability under...
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6-5-701
Section 6-5-701 Reliance upon specifications. A contractor is justified ordinarily in relying
upon the specifications that are contained in the contract with an awarding authority. No
contractor shall be held civilly liable for work performed on a highway, road, bridge, or
street including repairs, construction, or maintenance on behalf of the awarding authority
unless it is shown by a preponderance of the evidence that physical injury, property
damage, or death is proximately caused by any of the following: (1) A failure by the contractor
to follow the plans and specifications resulting in a dangerous condition. (2) The contractor's
performance of the contract in compliance with the plans and specifications creates a condition
that should have appeared, to a reasonably prudent contractor, to be a dangerous condition.
(3) A latent defect which creates a dangerous condition that is the result of the work of
the contractor. (Act 2012-225, p. 414, ยง2.)...
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11-30-1
for damages suffered as a result of a claim as defined under this chapter. b. Damage to or
loss of property owned or leased by a member county. (2) MEMBER COUNTY. A county which elects
to pool its resources and funds with one or more other counties for the purpose of forming
a liability self-insurance fund. (3) CLAIM. Any claim or suit filed against a member county
for money damages which any person or other entity is legally entitled to recover for damages
suffered as a result of bodily injury, death or property damage caused by a negligent
or wrongful act or omission committed by any employee, officer, or servant of the member county
while acting within the line and scope of his or her employment under circumstances where
the member county would be liable to the claimant for such damages under the laws of the State
of Alabama or any claim filed by a member county for damage to or loss of county property
covered by the liability self-insurance fund. (Acts 1986, No. 86-499, p. 954,...
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22-11E-1
of the most commonly reported injuries in children and adolescents who participate in sports
and recreational activities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that
as many as 3,900,000 sports-related and recreation-related concussions occur in the United
States each year. A concussion is caused by a blow or motion to the head or body that causes
the brain to move rapidly inside the skull. The risk of catastrophic injuries or death is
significant when a concussion or head injury is not properly evaluated and managed.
(2) Concussions are a type of brain injury that can range from mild to severe and can
disrupt the way the brain normally works. Concussions can occur in any organized or unorganized
sport or recreational activity and can result from a fall or from participants colliding with
each other, the ground, or with obstacles. Concussions occur with or without loss of consciousness,
but the vast majority occurs without loss of consciousness. (3) Continuing to...
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27-5-6
or use of any such vehicle, aircraft or animal, together with insurance against accidental
death or accidental injury to individuals, including the named insured, while in, entering,
alighting from, adjusting, repairing, cranking or caused by being struck by a vehicle, aircraft
or draft or riding animal, if such insurance is issued as an incidental part of insurance
on the vehicle, aircraft or draft or riding animal; (2) LIABILITY INSURANCE. Insurance against
legal liability for the death, injury or disability of any human being or for damage
to property, and provision of medical, hospital, surgical and disability benefits to injured
persons, and funeral and death benefits to dependents, beneficiaries, or personal representatives
of persons killed, irrespective of legal liability of the insured, when issued as an incidental
coverage with, or supplemental to, liability insurance; (3) WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AND EMPLOYER'S
LIABILITY. Insurance of the obligations accepted by, imposed...
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3-6A-4
(a)(1) When a person claims that a dog is dangerous, the person shall make a sworn statement
before a city magistrate or sheriff setting forth the name of the dog owner, if known, the
location where the dog is being kept in the city or county, and the reason he or she believes
the dog to be dangerous. (2) The sworn statement shall be delivered to an animal control officer
who shall complete a dangerous dog investigation.When the sworn statement claims that a dog
has caused serious physical injury or death to a person, the duties of the animal control
officer, including but not limited to the dangerous dog investigation, shall be carried out
by a law enforcement officer. (b) An animal control officer may initiate a dangerous dog investigation
in cases where a complaint has been made pursuant to subsection (a) and a person has been
bitten, received physical injury or serious physical injury, or has died. (c)(1)
In the event a dangerous dog investigation leads an animal control officer...
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35-8A-307
Section 35-8A-307 Upkeep of condominiums. (a) Except to the extent provided by the declaration,
subsection (b), or Section 35-8A-313(h), the association is responsible for maintenance, repair,
and replacement of the common elements, and each unit owner is responsible for maintenance,
repair, and replacement of his or her unit. Each unit owner shall afford to the association
and the other unit owners, and to their agents or employees, access through his or her unit
reasonably necessary for those purposes. If damage is inflicted on the common elements, or
on any unit through which access is taken, the unit owner responsible for the damage, or the
association if it is responsible, is liable for the prompt repair thereof. (b) In addition
to the liability that a declarant as a unit owner has under this chapter, the declarant alone
is liable for all expenses in connection with real estate subject to development rights. No
other unit owner and no other portion of the condominium is subject to...
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