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11-93-1
Section 11-93-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. Any incorporated municipality,
any county, and any department, agency, board, or commission of any municipality or county,
municipal or county public corporations, and any such instrumentality or instrumentalities
acting jointly. "Governmental entity" shall also include county public school boards,
municipal public school boards and city-county school boards when such boards do not operate
as functions of the State of Alabama. "Governmental entity" shall also mean county
or city hospital boards when such boards are instrumentalities of the municipality or county
or organized pursuant to authority from a municipality or county. (2) EMPLOYEE. An officer,
official, employee, or servant of a governmental entity, including elected or appointed officials,
and persons acting on behalf of any governmental entity in any official...
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7-3-311
Section 7-3-311 Accord and satisfaction by use of instrument. (a) If a person against whom
a claim is asserted proves that (i) that person in good faith tendered an instrument to the
claimant as full satisfaction of the claim, (ii) the amount of the claim was unliquidated
or subject to a bona fide dispute, and (iii) the claimant obtained payment of the instrument,
the following subsections apply. (b) Unless subsection (c) applies, the claim is discharged
if the person against whom the claim is asserted proves that the instrument or an accompanying
written communication contained a conspicuous statement to the effect that the instrument
was tendered as full satisfaction of the claim. (c) Subject to subsection (d), a claim is
not discharged under subsection (b) if either of the following applies: (1) The claimant,
if an organization, proves that (i) within a reasonable time before the tender, the claimant
sent a conspicuous statement to the person against whom the claim is asserted that...
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7-3-418
Section 7-3-418 Payment or acceptance by mistake. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c),
if the drawee of a draft pays or accepts the draft and the drawee acted on the mistaken belief
that (i) payment of the draft had not been stopped pursuant to Section 7-4-403 or (ii) the
signature of the drawer of the draft was authorized, the drawee may recover the amount of
the draft from the person to whom or for whose benefit payment was made or, in the case of
acceptance, may revoke the acceptance. Rights of the drawee under this subsection are not
affected by failure of the drawee to exercise ordinary care in paying or accepting the draft.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), if an instrument has been paid or accepted by mistake
and the case is not covered by subsection (a), the person paying or accepting may, to the
extent permitted by the law governing mistake and restitution, (i) recover the payment from
the person to whom or for whose benefit payment was made or (ii) in the case of...
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7-4-403
Section 7-4-403 Customer's right to stop payment; burden of proof of loss. (a) A customer or
any person authorized to draw on the account if there is more than one person may stop payment
of any item drawn on the customer's account or close the account by an order to the bank describing
the item or account with reasonable certainty received at a time and in a manner that affords
the bank a reasonable opportunity to act on it before any action by the bank with respect
to the item described in Section 7-4-303. If the signature of more than one person is required
to draw on an account, any of these persons may stop payment or close the account. (b) A stop-payment
order is effective for six months, but it lapses after 14 calendar days if the original order
was oral and was not confirmed in writing within that period. A stop-payment order may be
renewed for additional six-month periods by a writing given to the bank within a period during
which the stop-payment order is effective. (c) The...
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18-1A-52
Section 18-1A-52 Bond for damages caused by entry. (a) An order permitting entry under Section
18-1A-51 shall include a preliminary assessment by the circuit court of the probable amount
that will fairly compensate the owner and any other person in lawful possession or physical
occupancy of the property for damages for physical injury to the property, and for substantial
interference with its possession or use, found likely to be caused by the entry and activities
authorized by the order, and shall require the condemnor other than the state to enter into
bond in double the amount of such preliminary assessment, with good and sufficient sureties,
to pay such damages as the property owner or other person in lawful possession or physical
occupancy of the property may sustain. The bond must be given before entry is made. (b) Unless
sooner disbursed by agreement or court order, the amount of the bond sufficient to cover the
damages sustained shall be paid to those determined by the circuit...
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2-15-133
Section 2-15-133 Bonds or bond equivalents; financial statements and reports; liability for
payments. (a) No license as required under Section 2-15-132 shall be issued or renewed until
the applicant therefor shall make, execute, and thereafter maintain on file with the commissioner
a bond or a bond equivalent as provided in subsection (f) in favor of the State of Alabama
or a trustee to be approved by the commissioner to secure the performance of obligations incurred
in the State of Alabama and the payment thereof to persons from whom such dealer purchases
livestock. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the amount of each bond shall
be not less than the next multiple of two thousand dollars ($2,000) above the average amount
of purchases of livestock purchased either as a dealer or on an agency basis in Alabama during
a period equivalent to two business days based on the total number of business days and the
total amount of such transactions during the preceding 12 months or...
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26-2A-156
Section 26-2A-156 Claims against protected person; enforcement. (a) A conservator may pay or
secure from the estate claims against the estate or against the protected person arising before
or after the conservatorship upon their presentation and allowance in accordance with the
priorities stated in subsection (d). A claim may be presented by either of the following methods:
(1) The claimant may deliver or mail to the conservator a written statement of the claim indicating
its basis, the name and mailing address of the claimant, and the amount claimed; or (2) The
claimant may file a written statement of the claim, in the form prescribed by rules of the
court, with the clerk of court and deliver or mail a copy of the statement to the conservator.
(b) A claim is deemed presented on the first to occur of receipt of the written statement
of claim by the conservator or the filing of the claim with the court. A presented claim is
presumed to be disallowed if receipt of the claim is not...
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32-7-23
Section 32-7-23 Uninsured motorist coverage; "uninsured motorist" defined; limitation
on recovery. (a) No automobile liability or motor vehicle liability policy insuring against
loss resulting from liability imposed by law for bodily injury or death suffered by any person
arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle shall be delivered or
issued for delivery in this state with respect to any motor vehicle registered or principally
garaged in this state unless coverage is provided therein or supplemental thereto, in limits
for bodily injury or death set forth in subsection (c) of Section 32-7-6, under provisions
approved by the Commissioner of Insurance for the protection of persons insured thereunder
who are legally entitled to recover damages from owners or operators of uninsured motor vehicles
because of bodily injury, sickness or disease, including death, resulting therefrom; provided,
that the named insured shall have the right to reject such coverage; and...
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6-5-544
Section 6-5-544 Recovery of noneconomic losses; limitation of such losses; mistrial if jury
advised of limitation. (a) In any action for injury whether in contract or in tort against
a health care provider based on a breach of the standard of care, the injured plaintiff and
spouse upon proper proof may be entitled to recover noneconomic losses to compensate for pain,
suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment, disfigurement, loss of consortium, and other
nonpecuniary damage. (b) In no action shall the amount of recovery for noneconomic losses,
including punitive damages, either to the injured plaintiff, the plaintiff's spouse, or other
lawful dependents or any of them together exceed the sum of $400,000. Plaintiff shall not
seek recovery in any amount greater than the amounts described herein for noneconomic losses.
During the trial of any action neither the court nor any party shall advise or infer to the
jury that it may not return an award for noneconomic losses in excess of an...
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7-2-703
Section 7-2-703 Seller's remedies in general. Where the buyer wrongfully rejects or revokes
acceptance of goods or fails to make a payment due on or before delivery or repudiates with
respect to a part or the whole, then with respect to any goods directly affected and, if the
breach is of the whole contract (Section 7-2-612), then also with respect to the whole undelivered
balance, the aggrieved seller may: (a) Withhold delivery of such goods; (b) Stop delivery
by any bailee as hereafter provided (Section 7-2-705); (c) Proceed under Section 7-2-704 respecting
goods still unidentified to the contract; (d) Resell and recover damages as hereafter provided
(Section 7-2-706); (e) Recover damages for nonacceptance (Section 7-2-708) or in a proper
case the price (Section 7-2-709); (f) Cancel. (Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811.)...
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