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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
in accordance with all applicable federal safety standards for the make, model, and year of
the motor vehicle. (2) Installs a used airbag in a motor vehicle and fails to disclose to
the owner or lessee that a used airbag has been installed. (3) Sells any device, or installs
or reinstalls in any vehicle any device, that causes the vehicle's diagnostic system to inaccurately
indicate that the vehicle is equipped with a functional airbag when a counterfeit airbag,
nonfunctional airbag, or no airbag is installed. (4) Installs or requests another to install
a counterfeit airbag or nonfunctional airbag and sells or offers to sell the vehicle to another
person with the intent to deceive the purchaser about the existence of the counterfeit airbag
or nonfunctional airbag in the vehicle. (c) Airbag fraud is a Class A misdemeanor. If the
fraud contributes to a person's serious physical injury or death, airbag fraud is a
Class C felony. (Act 2003-350, p. 919, §1; Act 2014-138, p. 254, §1.)...
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25-5-1
an artificial member of the body by accidental means. (8) INJURIES BY AN ACCIDENT ARISING OUT
OF AND IN THE COURSE OF THE EMPLOYMENT. Without otherwise affecting either the meaning or
interpretation of the clause, the clause does not cover workers except while engaged in or
about the premises where their services are being performed or where their service requires
their presence as a part of service at the time of the accident and during the hours of service
as workers. (9) INJURY. "Injury and personal injury"
shall mean only injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment,
and shall not include a disease in any form, except for an occupational disease or where it
results naturally and unavoidably from the accident. Injury shall include physical
injury caused either by carpal tunnel syndrome disorder or by other cumulative trauma
disorder if either disorder arises out of and in the course of the employment, and breakage
or damage to eyeglasses, hearing aids,...
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13A-3-20
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 term includes any
building, as defined in this section, and any real property. (6)...
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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
Director of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Executive Director of the Alabama High School
of Mathematics and Science; the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives,
the Lieutenant Governor; the Speaker of the House of Representatives; the chief executive
officer of any other employer as provided in this section. (4) SICK LEAVE. The absence from
duty by an employee as a result of any of the following: a. Personal illness or doctor's
quarantine. b. Incapacitating personal injury. c. Attendance upon an ill member
of the employee's immediate family (parent, spouse, child, foster child currently in the care
and custody of the employee, sibling); or an individual with a close personal tie.
d. Death in the family of the employee (parent, spouse, child, sibling, parent-in-law, son-in-law,
daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew, niece, grandchild, grandparent, uncle,
or aunt). e. Death, injury, or sickness of another person who has unusually...
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33-5-75
following offenses: (1) Manslaughter or homicide by vehicle or vessel resulting from the operation
of a vessel. (2) Any violation of Section 32-5A-191.3 which requires revocation. (3) Any offense
of any law or regulation for which mandatory revocation is required upon conviction. (4) Any
felony in the commission of which a vessel is used. (5) Failure to stop, render aid, or identify
the person as required under the laws of this state in the event of a boating accident resulting
in the death or personal injury of another. (6) Perjury or the making of a false
affidavit or statement under oath to the Director of Public Safety or Commissioner of Conservation
and Natural Resources under this article or under any other law or regulation relating to
the ownership or operation of vessels. (7) Conviction upon three charges of reckless or careless
operation of a vessel committed within a period of 12 months. (8) Unauthorized use of a vessel
belonging to another, which act does not amount to a...
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32-5A-195
of alcohol or under the influence of a controlled substance to a degree which renders him or
her incapable of safely driving or under the combined influence of alcohol and a controlled
substance to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving. (4) Any felony
in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used. (5) Failure to stop, render aid, or identify
himself or herself as required under the laws of this state in the event of a motor vehicle
accident resulting in the death or personal injury of another. (6) Perjury or
the making of a false affidavit or statement under oath to the Secretary of the Alabama State
Law Enforcement Agency under this article or under any other law relating to the ownership
or operation of motor vehicles. (7) Conviction upon three charges of reckless driving committed
within a period of 12 months. (8) Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle belonging to another
which act does not amount to a felony. (k) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law...
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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
including a response action contractor as defined in Section 22-35-3, is not liable for removal
costs or damages which result from actions taken or omitted to be taken in the course of rendering
care, assistance, or advice consistent with the National Contingency Plan or as otherwise
directed by the Federal On-Scene Coordinator or by any state official with responsibility
for oil spill response. (2) Subdivision (1) of this subsection does not apply: a. to a responsible
party; b. with respect to personal injury or wrongful death; c. if the person
is grossly negligent or engages in wanton or willful misconduct: or d. If the person's act(s)
or omission(s) proximately caused, in whole or in part, the original actual or threatening
discharge; or any additional or further actual or threatening discharge. (3) A responsible
party is liable for any removal costs and damages that another person is relieved of under
subdivision (1). (4) Nothing in this section affects the liability of a...
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