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6-5-530
Section 6-5-530 Liability for damages. (a) In any civil action for personal injury, death,
or property damage caused by a product, regardless of the type of claims alleged or the theory
of liability asserted, the plaintiff must prove, among other elements, that the defendant
designed, manufactured, sold, or leased the particular product the use of which is alleged
to have caused the injury on which the claim is based, and not a similar or equivalent product.
Designers, manufacturers, sellers, or lessors of products not identified as having been used,
ingested, or encountered by an allegedly injured party may not be held liable for any alleged
injury. A person, firm, corporation, association, partnership, or other legal or business
entity whose design is copied or otherwise used by a manufacturer without the designer's express
authorization is not subject to liability for personal injury, death, or property damage caused
by the manufacturer's product, even if use of the design is...
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13A-11-270
Section 13A-11-270 Airbag fraud. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms
shall have the following meanings: (1) AIRBAG. A motor vehicle inflatable occupant restraint
system or any component thereof that satisfies both of the following: a. Operates in the event
of a crash. b. Was designed in accordance with all applicable federal safety standards for
the specific make, model, and year of the motor vehicle in which it is or will be installed.
(2) COUNTERFEIT AIRBAG. A replacement motor vehicle inflatable occupant restraint system or
any component thereof displaying a mark identical or similar to the genuine mark of a motor
vehicle manufacturer without authorization from the manufacturer. (3) NONFUNCTIONAL AIRBAG.
A replacement motor vehicle inflatable occupant restraint system or any component thereof
that satisfies any of the following: a. Was previously deployed or damaged. b. Has a fault
that is detected by the vehicle diagnostic system after the installation...
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25-5-1
Section 25-5-1 Definitions. Throughout this chapter, the following words and phrases as used
therein shall be considered to have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context
shall clearly indicate a different meaning in the connection used: (1) COMPENSATION. The money
benefits to be paid on account of injury or death, as provided in Articles 3 and 4. The recovery
which an employee may receive by action at law under Article 2 of this chapter is termed "recovery
of civil damages," as provided for in Sections 25-5-31 and 25-5-34. "Compensation"
does not include medical and surgical treatment and attention, medicine, medical and surgical
supplies, and crutches and apparatus furnished an employee on account of an injury. (2) CHILD
or CHILDREN. The terms include posthumous children and all other children entitled by law
to inherit as children of the deceased; stepchildren who were members of the family of the
deceased, at the time of the accident, and were dependent upon him or...
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13A-3-20
Section 13A-3-20 Definitions. The following definitions are applicable to this article: (1)
BUILDING. Any structure which may be entered and utilized by persons for business, public
use, lodging, or the storage of goods, and includes any vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft used
for the lodging of persons or carrying on business therein. Each unit of a building consisting
of two or more units separately occupied or secured is a separate building. (2) DEADLY PHYSICAL
FORCE. Force which, under the circumstances in which it is used, is readily capable of causing
death or serious physical injury. (3) DWELLING. A building which is usually occupied by a
person lodging therein at night, or a building of any kind, including any attached balcony,
whether the building is temporary or permanent, mobile or immobile, which has a roof over
it, and is designed to be occupied by people lodging therein at night. (4) FORCE. Physical
action or threat against another, including confinement. (5) PREMISES. The...
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6-5-502
Section 6-5-502 Limitation periods for product liability actions. (a) All product liability
actions against an original seller must be commenced within the following time limits and
not otherwise: (1) Except as specifically provided in subsections (b), (c), and (e) of this
section, within one year of the time the personal injury, death, or property damage occurs;
and (2) Except as specifically provided in subsections (b), (c), and (e) of this section,
each element of a product liability action shall be deemed to accrue at the time the personal
injury, death, or property damage occurs; (b) Where the personal injury, including personal
injury resulting in death, or property damage (i) either is latent or by its nature is not
discoverable in the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time of its occurrence, and (ii)
is the result of ingestion of or exposure to some toxic or harmful or injury-producing substance,
element or particle, including radiation, over a period of time as opposed...
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16-1-18.1
Section 16-1-18.1 Accumulation of sick leave. (a) Definitions. When used in this section, the
following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively: (1) EMPLOYEE. Any person
employed full time as provided by law by those employers enumerated in this section; and adult
bus drivers. (2) EMPLOYER. All public city and county boards of education; the Board of Trustees
of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the Alabama Youth Services Department District
Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Youth Services Department District;
the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama
High School of Mathematics and Science; for purposes of subsection (c) only, the Alabama State
Senate, the Lieutenant Governor, the Office of the Senate President Pro Tempore, the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, the Alabama House of Representatives, the Legislative Reference
Service; any organization participating in the Teachers'...
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33-5-75
Section 33-5-75 Authority of Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to cancel certification
or to suspend or revoke privilege of operating vessel; procedures. (a) The Commissioner of
Conservation and Natural Resources may cancel any boater safety certification upon determining
that the holder of the certification was not entitled to the issuance or that the holder failed
to give the correct or required information in the application for certification. Upon cancellation
the holder shall surrender the certification cancelled and any duplicate. A holder who refuses
to surrender the certification and any duplicate shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor,
punishable upon conviction as provided in Sections 13A-5-7 and 13A-5-12. (b) The privilege
of operating a vessel on the waters of this state, as defined in Section 33-5-3, shall be
subject to suspension or revocation by the commissioner in like manner and for like cause
as a boater safety certification may be suspended or...
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32-5A-195
Section 32-5A-195 Cancellation, suspension, or revocation of driver's license; grounds, procedure,
etc. (a) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency is authorized to cancel
any driver's license upon determining that the licensee was not entitled to the issuance thereof
or that the licensee failed to give the correct or required information in his or her application.
Upon such cancellation, the licensee must surrender the license so cancelled. If the licensee
refuses to surrender the license, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) The privilege
of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state given to a nonresident shall be subject
to suspension or revocation by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency in
like manner and for like cause as a driver's license issued may be suspended or revoked. (c)
The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency is further authorized, upon receiving
a record of the conviction in this state of a...
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32-6-49.3
Section 32-6-49.3 Definitions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the following
definitions shall be applicable unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ALCOHOL.
a. Beer, ale, port, or stout and other similar fermented beverages (including sake or similar
products), of any name or description containing one-half of one percentum or more of alcohol
by volume, brewed or produced from malt, wholly or in part, or from any substitute therefor;
b. Wine of not less than one-half of the percentum of alcohol by volume; or c. Any substance
containing any form of alcohol, including, but not limited to, ethanol, methanol, propanol,
and isopropanol. (2) ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION. a. The number of grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters
of blood; or b. The number of grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath; or c. The number
of grams of alcohol per 67 milliliters of urine. (3) COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE. (CDL) means
a license issued in accordance with the requirements of this...
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6-5-332.2
Section 6-5-332.2 Immunity of persons responding to oil spills. (a) This section shall be known
and may be cited as the Alabama Act Regarding Liability for Persons Responding to Oil Spills.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) DAMAGES. Damages of any kind for which liability may exist under the laws of this state
resulting from, arising out of, or related to the discharge, or threatened discharge of oil.
(2) DISCHARGE. Any emission (other than natural seepage), intentional or unintentional, and
includes, but is not limited to, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
or dumping. (3) FEDERAL ON-SCENE COORDINATOR. The federal official predesignated by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency or the U.S. Coast Guard to coordinate and direct federal responses
under subpart D of the National Contingency Plan, or the official designated by the lead agency
to coordinate and direct removal under subpart E, of the...
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