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45-17-90.10
Section 45-17-90.10 Power to sue and be sued; recovery of damages. (a) The authority may institute
and defend legal proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue. The
authority may be sued only in the Circuit Court of Colbert County or Lauderdale County, Alabama.
The officers, directors, agents, employees, and members of the authority may not be sued for
their actions on behalf of the authority except for actions that are known by persons to be
unlawful or performed with reckless disregard for the lawfulness of such actions. (b) The
recovery of damages under any judgment against the authority shall be limited to one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000) for bodily injury or death for one person in any single occurrence.
Recovery of damages under any judgment against the authority shall be limited to three hundred
thousand dollars ($300,000) in the aggregate, where more than two persons have claims or judgments
on account of a bodily injury or death arising out of...
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45-39-92.10
Section 45-39-92.10 Power to sue and be sued; recovery of damages. (a) The authority may institute
and defend legal proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue. The
authority may be sued only in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County or Colbert County, Alabama.
The officers, directors, agents, employees, and members of the authority may not be sued for
their actions on behalf of the authority except for actions that are known by persons to be
unlawful or performed with reckless disregard for the lawfulness of such actions. (b) The
recovery of damages under any judgment against the authority shall be limited to one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000) for bodily injury or death for one person in any single occurrence.
Recovery of damages under any judgment against the authority shall be limited to three hundred
thousand dollars ($300,000) in the aggregate, where more than two persons have claims or judgments
on account of a bodily injury or death arising out of...
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7-7-301
Section 7-7-301 Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription; "said to contain"; "shipper's
weight, load, and count"; improper handling. (a) A consignee of a nonnegotiable bill
of lading which has given value in good faith, or a holder to which a negotiable bill has
been duly negotiated, relying upon the description of the goods in the bill or upon the date
shown in the bill, may recover from the issuer damages caused by the misdating of the bill
or the nonreceipt or misdescription of the goods, except to the extent that the bill indicates
that the issuer does not know whether any part or all of the goods in fact were received or
conform to the description, such as in a case in which the description is in terms of marks
or labels or kind, quantity, or condition or the receipt or description is qualified by "contents
or condition of contents of packages unknown," "said to contain," "shipper's
weight, load, and count," or words of similar import, if that indication is true. (b)
If goods...
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11-49-1
Section 11-49-1 Consent to use public streets, etc., for construction or operation of public
utility or private enterprise; fees. (a) No person, firm, association, or corporation shall
be authorized to use the streets, avenues, alleys, and other public places of cities or towns
for the construction or operation of any public utility or private enterprise without first
obtaining the consent of the proper authorities of the city or town. (b) No electric supplier,
as defined in Section 37-14-31(1), which has an assigned service territory established by
general law enacted by the Legislature and which is subject to payment of a privilege or license
tax or other tax or fee established by general law enacted by the Legislature to a city or
town which authorizes a levy not to exceed three percent of the gross receipts of the business
done by the electric supplier in the municipality during the preceding year, and which authorizes
a levy not to exceed one and one-half percent of the gross...
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34-13-11
Section 34-13-11 Authorizing agent; right of disposition. (a) A person, who is at least 18
years of age and of sound mind, may enter into a contract to act as authorizing agent and
direct the location, manner, and conditions of disposition of remains and arrange for funeral
goods and services to be provided upon death. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b),
the right to control the disposition of the remains of a deceased person as an authorizing
agent, including the location, manner, and conditions of disposition and arrangements for
funeral goods and services to be provided, shall vest in the following persons in the priority
listed and the order named, provided the person is at least 18 years of age and of sound mind:
(1) The person designated by the decedent as authorized to direct disposition pursuant to
Public Law No. 109-163, Section 564, as listed on the decedent's United States Department
of Defense Record of Emergency Data, DD Form 93, or its successor form, if the...
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45-27-60.04
Section 45-27-60.04 Duty to investigate certain deaths. It shall be the duty of the county
medical examiner, or designated assistant medical examiner, to investigate any death in Escambia
County when the death falls within one or more of the following categories: (1) Deaths that
occur suddenly and unexpectedly, that is, when the person has not been under medical care
for significant disease of the heart or lung, or other disease. (2) Deaths suspected to be
due to violence, resulting from anyone of the following: Suicide, accident, homicide, or undetermined
injury, regardless of when or where the injury occurred. (3) Deaths suspected to be due to
alcohol, or drugs, or exposure to toxic agents. (4) Deaths due to poisoning. (5) Deaths of
persons in the custody of law enforcement officers or in penal institutions. (6) Deaths suspected
to be involved with the occupation of the decedent. (7) Deaths unattended by a physician.
(8) Deaths due to neglect. (9) Any stillbirth of 20 or more weeks...
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6-5-680
Section 6-5-680 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) ASBESTOS CLAIM. Any claim, wherever or whenever made, for damages,
losses, indemnification, contribution, or other relief arising out of, based on, or in any
way related to asbestos, including: a. The health effects of exposure to asbestos, including
any claim for: 1. Personal injury or death. 2. Mental or emotional injury. 3. Risk of disease
or other injury. 4. The costs of medical monitoring or surveillance, to the extent these claims
are recognized under state law. b. Any claim made by or on behalf of a person exposed to asbestos,
or a representative, spouse, parent, child, or other relative of the person. c. Any claim
for damage or loss caused by the installation, presence, or removal of asbestos. (2) CORPORATION.
A corporation for profit, including a domestic corporation organized under the laws of this
state, or a foreign corporation organized under laws other...
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11-32-7
Section 11-32-7 Powers of authority. (a) The authority shall exercise powers and duties necessary
to the discharge of its powers and duties in corporate form as follows: (1) Have succession
by its corporate name in perpetuity subject to Section 11-32-20. (2) Sue and be sued in its
own name in civil suits and actions and defend suits against it. (3) Adopt and make use of
a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (4) Adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation
and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) Acquire, receive, take, by purchase, gift, lease,
devise, or otherwise, and hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, whether
located in one or more counties or municipalities and whether located within or outside the
authorizing county. (6) Make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other
instruments and take other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose
for which the authority was organized, or exercise any...
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19-3B-505
Section 19-3B-505 Creditor's claim against settlor. (a) Whether or not the terms of a trust
contain a spendthrift provision, the following rules apply: (1) During the lifetime of the
settlor, the property of a revocable trust is subject to claims of the settlor's creditors.
(2) With respect to an irrevocable trust, a creditor or assignee of the settlor may reach
the maximum amount that can be distributed to or for the settlor's benefit. If a trust has
more than one settlor, then the amount the creditor or assignee of a particular settlor may
reach may not exceed the settlor's interest in the portion of the trust attributable to that
settlor's contribution. (3) After the death of a settlor, and subject to the settlor's right
to direct the source from which liabilities will be paid, the property of a trust that was
revocable immediately prior to the settlor's death is subject to claims of the settlor's creditors,
costs of administration of the settlor's estate, the expenses of the...
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27-17A-2
Section 27-17A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ALTERNATIVE CONTAINER. A nonmetal receptacle or enclosure, without ornamentation
or a fixed interior lining, which is designed for the encasement of human remains and which
is made of cardboard, pressed-wood, composition materials (with or without an outside covering),
or pouches of canvas or other materials. (2) ARRANGEMENT CONFERENCE. The meeting occurring
either at need or preneed between the seller and the purchaser during which funeral or cemetery
merchandise and services are discussed. (3) ARRANGEMENT CONFERENCE FEE. The charge to the
purchaser in conjunction with the arrangement conference. (4) AT NEED. At the time of death,
or immediately following death. (5) AUTHORIZING AGENT. One who is lawfully authorized to control
the final disposition of human remains. (6) BELOW-GROUND CRYPT. A preplaced enclosed chamber,
which is usually constructed of reinforced concrete,...
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