6-5-546
Section 6-5-546 Venue of actions; transfer. In any action for injury or damages or wrongful death whether in contract or in tort against a health care provider based on a breach of the standard of care, the action must be brought in the county wherein the act or omission constituting the alleged breach of the standard of care by the defendant actually occurred. If plaintiff alleges that plaintiff's injuries or plaintiff's decedent's death resulted from acts or omissions which took place in more than one county within the State of Alabama, the action must be brought in the county wherein the plaintiff resided at the time of the act or omission, if the action is one for personal injuries, or wherein the plaintiff's decedent resided at the time of the act or omission if the action is one for wrongful death. If at any time prior to the commencement of the trial of the action it is shown that the plaintiff's injuries or plaintiff's decedent's death did not result from acts or omissions...
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8-19-10
Section 8-19-10 Private right of action. (a) Any person who commits one or more of the acts or practices declared unlawful under this chapter and thereby causes monetary damage to a consumer, and any person who commits one or more of the acts or practices declared unlawful in subdivisions (19) and (20) of Section 8-19-5 and thereby causes monetary damage to another person, shall be liable to each consumer or other person for: (1) Any actual damages sustained by such consumer or person, or the sum of $100, whichever is greater; or (2) Up to three times any actual damages, in the court's discretion. In making its determination under this subsection, the court shall consider, among other relevant factors, the amount of actual damages awarded, the frequency of the unlawful acts or practices, the number of persons adversely affected thereby, and the extent to which the unlawful acts or practices were committed intentionally; and (3) In the case of any successful action or counterclaim to...
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11-92A-20
Section 11-92A-20 Limited liability. The recovery of damages under any judgment or judgments against an authority shall be limited to $100,000 for bodily injury or death for one person in any single occurrence. Recovery of damages under any judgment or judgments against art authority shall be limited to $300,000 in the aggregate where more than two persons have claims or judgments on account of bodily injury or death arising out of any single occurrence. Recovery of damages under any judgment or judgments against an authority shall be limited to $100,000 for damage or loss of property arising out of any single occurrence. No authority shall settle or compromise any claim for bodily injury, death, or property damage for an amount in excess of the amounts hereinabove set forth. (Acts 1989, No. 89-404, p. 802, §20.)...
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11-92B-14
Section 11-92B-14 Liability for injuries. An authority shall not be liable for damages for injury done to any person or corporation, unless the injury was done due to the negligence or wantonness of an agent, officer, or employee of the authority while engaged in work for the authority and while acting in the line and scope of his or her duty, or unless the injury was done due to the neglect, carelessness, or failure to remedy a defect in the streets, alleys, drainage systems, or buildings of the authority after the authority had been given notice of the defect or after the defect had existed for such an unreasonable length of time as to raise a presumption of knowledge of the defect on the part of the authority. Whenever an authority shall be made liable for damages by reason of the unauthorized or wrongful acts or negligence or carelessness of any person or corporation, then the person or corporation shall be liable to an action on the same account by the party so injured. (Act...
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3-1-10
Section 3-1-10 Wanton, malicious, etc., destruction, injury, etc., of animal or article or commodity of value of another - Prohibited. Any person, who unlawfully, wantonly or maliciously kills, disables, disfigures, destroys or injures any animal or article or commodity of value which is the property of another must, on conviction, be fined not less than twice the value of the injury or damage to the owner of the property nor more than $1,000.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail, or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months, and so much of the fine as may be necessary to repair the injury or loss shall go to the party injured. (Code 1852, §§186, 191; Code 1867, §§3733, 3738; Code 1876, §§4408, 4420; Code 1886, §3869; Code 1896, §§5090, 5091; Code 1907, §6230; Code 1923, §3212; Code 1940, T. 3, §9; Acts 1982, No. 82-626, p. 1180.)...
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34-14B-3
Section 34-14B-3 Application for licensure. (a) An applicant for licensure as a home inspector shall submit an application, under oath, upon a form to be prescribed by the Building Commission which shall include, as a minimum, the following information pertaining to the applicant: (1) Social Security number for natural persons or employer identification number for other entities. (2) The name and address under which the applicant conducts business, if an individual proprietorship; the name and address of each partner or venturer, if the applicant is a partnership or joint venture; or the name and address of the corporate officers and statutory agent for service, if the applicant is a corporation. (3) A certificate issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the State of Alabama that the applicant has procured public liability and property damage insurance covering the applicant's home inspection operations in the sum of not less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for...
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41-9-65
Section 41-9-65 Limitation periods for presentation of claims. (a) Unless otherwise provided in this section, all claims must be presented to the Board of Adjustment within one year after the cause of action accrues. (b) Claims for injury to the person resulting in death must be presented to the Board of Adjustment within two years after the cause of action accrues, unless the same is first carried into the courts of the state, in which event the statute of limitations shall not begin to run until the date on which a final judgment in the same, holding the claimant not entitled to relief through the courts of the state, is entered. (c) In the matter of escheats to the State of Alabama, any such claim must be filed with the Board of Adjustment within 10 years from the time of the escheat to the State of Alabama; except, that the claims of minors may be considered by the Board of Adjustment if the claims are filed within three years after the minor has reached the age of 19 years. (d)...
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45-24A-32.13
Section 45-24A-32.13 Civil action for reimbursement. Any person against whom an adjudication of liability for a civil violation is made under this part, or the ordinance passed pursuant hereto, and who actually pays the civil penalty imposed thereby shall have a cause of action against any person who may be shown to have been operating the vehicle recorded at the time of the violation for the amount of the civil penalty actually paid plus any consequential or compensatory damages and reasonable attorney fees, without regard to the rules regarding joint and several liability, contribution, or indemnity. Provided, however, that as a condition precedent to the bringing of a civil action, that the person held responsible for payment of the civil penalty must first make written demand on the other person for reimbursement of the civil penalty, giving a minimum of 60 days to remit payment, and if reimbursement is fully made within the 60-day period then the cause of action shall be...
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45-37A-42.14
Section 45-37A-42.14 Civil action against person operating vehicle. Any person against whom a determination of liability for a civil violation is made pursuant to an ordinance authorized by this part, and who actually pays the fine imposed thereby shall have a cause of action against any person who may be shown to have been operating the vehicle recorded at the time of the violation for the amount of the fine actually paid plus any consequential or compensatory damages and a reasonable attorney fee, without regard to the rules regarding joint and several liability, contribution, or indemnity provided, however, that as a condition precedent to the bringing of a civil action, that the person held responsible for payment of a fine must first make written demand on the other person for reimbursement of the fine, giving a minimum of 60 days to remit payment, and if reimbursement is fully made within the 60-day period then the cause of action shall be extinguished and no attorney fees or...
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6-5-752
Section 6-5-752 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (1) ACCIDENT. An incident resulting in personal injury, death, or damage to property arising out of or relating to commercial aviation aircraft. (2) AIRCRAFT. The meaning given such term in Section 40102(6) of Title 49 of the United States Code. (3) AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE. An airworthiness certificate issued under Section 44704(d) of Title 49 of the United States Code or any predecessor federal statute, or from another airworthiness authority. (4) COMMERCIAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT. Any aircraft for which a type certificate or an airworthiness certificate has been issued by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States or another airworthiness authority, which, at the time such certificate was originally issued, had a seating capacity of 100 or more passengers. (5) DEFENDANT. Any defendant, counter-defendant, cross-defendant, or third-party defendant named in...
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