6-5-755
Section 6-5-755 Recovery; contribution. (a) In an action against a manufacturer and one or
more other defendants, including other manufacturers, for death or injury to person or damage
to property arising out of an accident, the right of the plaintiff to recover jointly and
severally against such defendants found liable is preserved. (b) Notwithstanding subsection
(a), in an action arising out of such accident, if the respective or comparative responsibility
of tortfeasors is an issue, then the jury shall return special verdicts, or in the absence
of a jury the court shall make special findings, allocating the percentage of responsibility
attributable to each defendant found to have proximately caused the accident. (c) Responsibility
for the accident may be allocated to a nonparty in an action under the procedure described
in subsection (b) if each of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) A defendant affirmatively
pleads the responsibility of a nonparty as a proximate cause of...
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8-12A-2
Section 8-12A-2 Assertion of patent infringement in bad faith. (a) A person may not assert
a claim of patent infringement in bad faith. (b) The Attorney General may investigate claims
of patent infringement alleged to have been made in bad faith and may do both of the following:
(1) Issue subpoenas to any person to appear and produce relevant papers, documents, and physical
evidence, and administer an oath or affirmation to any person, in aid of any investigation
or inquiry into possible violations of this chapter. Subpoenas shall be served in accordance
with the appropriate Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. Upon failure of a person without lawful
excuse to obey a subpoena, the Attorney General may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction
for an order compelling compliance. After an action is commenced, discovery may proceed in
accordance with the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. (2) Initiate a civil action in the name
of the state, as necessary, to seek injunctive and any other...
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35-11-227
Section 35-11-227 Actions by employees, etc.; defense by contractor. (a) If the action is by
an employee of the contractor, or by any person who has furnished to him material for the
building or improvement, the contractor shall be a necessary party defendant thereto; and
in such action on motion of the plaintiff, the owner or proprietor may be cited to answer
under oath how much was owing by him to the contractor on his contract with such contractor,
at the time of the service on him of the notice required by Section 35-11-218; and such answer
may be controverted, and proceedings had and judgment entered as in garnishment cases. (b)
When the lien is sought to be enforced by any person other than the contractor, it shall be
the duty of the contractor to defend the action at his own expense; and after notice of an
intention to file a statement of the lien, and pending the action, the owner or proprietor
may withhold from the contractor money sufficient to cover the amount claimed, and...
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26-23G-6
Section 26-23G-6 Attorney fees. (a) If judgment is rendered in favor of the plaintiff in an
action described in Section 26-23G-4 or Section 26-23G-5, the court shall also render judgment
for reasonable attorney fees in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant. (b) If judgment
is rendered in favor of the defendant in an action described in Section 26-23G-4 or Section
26-23G-5, and the court finds that the plaintiff's suit was frivolous and brought in bad faith,
the court shall render judgment for reasonable attorney fees in favor of the defendant against
the plaintiff. (c) No attorney fees may be assessed against the woman upon whom an abortion
was performed or attempted to be performed except in accordance with subsection (b). (Act
2016-397, §6.)...
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32-5A-177
Section 32-5A-177 Charging violations; burden of proof in civil actions; arrest for violation
of speed laws communicated from officer operating measuring device to another officer; testimony
derived from use of speed measuring device. (a) In every charge of violation of any speed
regulation in this article the complaint, also the summons or notice to appear, shall specify
the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven, also the maximum speed applicable
within the district or at the location. (b) The provision of this article declaring maximum
speed limitations shall not be construed to relieve the plaintiff in any action from the burden
of proving negligence on the part of the defendant as the proximate cause of an accident.
(c) Any state trooper, upon receiving information relayed to him or her from a fellow officer
stationed on the ground or in the air operating a speed measuring device that a driver of
a vehicle has violated the speed laws of this state, may arrest the...
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6-5-693
Section 6-5-693 Bankruptcy trust information. (a) A plaintiff in an asbestos action need not
comply with Section 6-5-692 if, within 90 days after the plaintiff files an asbestos action,
the plaintiff files all available asbestos trust claims and provides the parties with all
trust claim materials available to the plaintiff or plaintiff's counsel in relation to the
plaintiff's exposure to asbestos. This section does not apply if the plaintiff complies with
Section 6-5-692. (b) A plaintiff has a continuing duty to supplement the information and materials
provided under subsection (a) within 30 days after the plaintiff supplements an asbestos trust
claim, receives additional information or materials related to an asbestos trust claim, or
files an additional trust claim. (c) Not less than 60 days before trial, if a defendant presents
evidence that the plaintiff has not filed all available asbestos trust claims, as required
under subsection (a), the defendant may move the court for an order...
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6-6-280
Section 6-6-280 Election to proceed by action of ejectment or action in nature of ejectment;
proceedings upon action in nature of ejectment. (a) A plaintiff commencing an action for the
recovery of lands or the possession thereof has an election to proceed by an action of ejectment
or by an action in the nature of an action of ejectment as is provided in subsection (b) of
this section. (b) An action for the recovery of land or the possession thereof in the nature
of an action in ejectment may be maintained without a statement of any lease or demise to
the plaintiff or ouster by a casual or nominal ejector, and the complaint is sufficient if
it alleges that the plaintiff was possessed of the premises or has the legal title thereto,
properly designating or describing them, and that the defendant entered thereupon and unlawfully
withholds and detains the same. This action must be commenced in the name of the real owner
of the land or in the name of the person entitled to the possession...
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8-22-17
Section 8-22-17 Equity action by person injured from violation of chapter authorized; injunctive
relief; damages; attorneys fees; jurisdiction. (a) Any person injured by any violation, or
who would suffer injury from any threatened violation, of this chapter may maintain an action
in any court of equity jurisdiction to prevent, restrain, or enjoin such violation or threatened
violation. If in such action a violation or threatened violation of this chapter shall be
established, the court shall enjoin and restrain, or otherwise prohibit, such violation or
threatened violation and, in addition thereto, the court shall assess in favor of the plaintiff
and against the defendant the costs of suit, including reasonable attorney's fees. In such
action it shall not be necessary that actual damages to the plaintiff be alleged or proved,
but where alleged and proved, the plaintiff in said action, in addition to such injunctive
relief and cost of suit, including reasonable attorney's fees, shall...
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11-47-191
Section 11-47-191 Institution of actions, entry, and execution of judgments against municipalities
and other persons or corporations jointly liable. (a) The injured party, if he institutes
a civil action against the municipality for damages suffered by him, shall also join such
other person or persons or corporation so liable as defendant or defendants of the civil action,
and no judgment shall be entered against the city or town unless judgment is entered against
such other person or corporation so liable for such injury, except where a summons is returned
not found as to a defendant or when judgment is entered in his favor on some personal defense,
and if a civil action be brought against the city or town alone and it is made to appear that
any person or corporation ought to be joined as a defendant in the action according to the
provisions in Section 11-47-190, the action shall be dismissed, unless the plaintiff amends
his complaint by making such party or corporation a defendant,...
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6-5-734
Section 6-5-734 Pleading requirements; stay of discovery. (a) In any action exempted under
subdivision (1) of Section 6-5-733, the complaint initiating the action shall state with particularity
for each defendant and cause of action all of the following: (1) The statute, rule, or other
law of the state or of the United States that allegedly creates the cause of action. (2) Each
element of the cause of action and the specific facts alleged to satisfy each element of the
cause of action. (3)a. The exemption under subsection (a) being relied upon and the specific
facts that allegedly demonstrate that the violation of the statute, rule, or other law in
subdivision (1) proximately caused actual injury to the plaintiff. b. In any action exempted
under subdivision (2) of Section 6-5-733, in addition to the foregoing pleading requirements,
the complaint initiating the action shall state with particularity facts sufficient to support
a reasonable inference that the violation was with intent to...
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