6-5-774
Section 6-5-774 Remedies. A plaintiff, who establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that his or her right of publicity has been violated, shall be eligible to receive the following damages, remedies, and relief: (1) Monetary relief. The measure of damages shall be: a. Statutory damages in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per an action or compensatory damages, including the defendant's profits derived from such use. The plaintiff, within a reasonable time after the close of discovery, shall elect whether to claim statutory damages or to instead receive such monetary relief as the fact finder may independently determine to award in accordance with this section. b. Any other damages available under Alabama law, including punitive damages. An election of statutory damages does not preclude the recovery of punitive damages if such damages are available under Alabama law. (2) Injunctive relief. A violation of this article is deemed to constitute a rebuttable presumption of...
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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, ยง6.)...
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45-37-41.08
Section 45-37-41.08 Violations. (a) The department may impose an administrative fine in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for any violation of this part, any regulation adopted pursuant to this part, or any term or condition of any permit issued by the department. The imposition of an administrative fine shall not preclude the department seeking other remedies, including, but not limited to, injunctive relief or the imposition of civil penalties as provided by this part. The total administrative fine shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500). (b) In determining the amount of fine to be levied for a violation, as provided in subsection (a), each of the following factors shall be considered: (1) The extent and severity of any violation of this part, or the regulations adopted pursuant to this part. (2) Actions taken by the permittee to correct the violation. (3) Any previous violations by the permittee. (c) The department may institute legal...
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45-45-175.01
Section 45-45-175.01 Location - Proximity to fire department. (a)(1) In Madison County, any petroleum product tank farm shall be within five miles of and served by a full-time paid fire department. The site of any petroleum product tank farm shall be approved by resolution of the county commission if located outside of the corporate limits of a municipality or by either resolution of the municipal governing body or by compliance with applicable zoning laws if located within the corporate limits of a municipality. The petroleum product tank farm operator shall provide periodic training and fire protection equipment to the fire department staff, at no cost, for specific risks of fire and spills that could occur. In addition, the petroleum product tank farm operator shall do all of the following: a. Include all fire protection equipment required by the National Fire Protection Association Code for petroleum products terminals. b. Participate in a mutual aid group within the community to...
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26-22-2
Section 26-22-2 Definitions. The following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use of any means to terminate the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman with knowledge that the termination by those means will, with reasonable likelihood, cause the death of the unborn child. (2) FERTILIZATION. The fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum. (3) GESTATIONAL AGE. The age of the unborn child as calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period of the pregnant woman. (4) HOSPITAL. An institution licensed pursuant to the provisions of the law of this state. (5) LIVE BIRTH. When used with regard to a human being, means that the human being was completely expelled or extracted from his or her mother and after such separation, breathed or showed evidence of any of the following: Beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, definite movement of voluntary muscles, or any brain-wave activity. (6) MEDICAL EMERGENCY. The condition, which, on the...
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35-19-11
Section 35-19-11 Administration and enforcement of chapter. (a) The department is designated as the administrating agency for this chapter and is empowered to administer and enforce this chapter using the authorities granted to it by the Environmental Management Act. However, such designation shall not imply that the department shall assume any administration or enforcement functions other than those directly related to the environmental covenant. (b) A civil action for injunctive or other equitable relief for violation of an environmental covenant may be maintained by any of the following parties or entities: (1) A party to the covenant. (2) Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (3) Any person to whom the covenant expressly grants power to enforce. (4) A person whose interest in the real property or whose collateral or liability may be affected by the alleged violation of the covenant. (5) A municipality or other unit of local government in which the real property subject to...
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45-2-180.01
Section 45-2-180.01 Regulation of billboards in unincorporated areas; enforcement; variances; appeals. (a) This section shall apply only within the unincorporated areas of Baldwin County. (b)(1) In the unincorporated areas of Baldwin County, the county commission may regulate and shall have exclusive zoning authority to regulate billboards, including, but not limited to, the size and location of any billboards. Within the planning jurisdiction of a municipality that regulates billboards, the county commission shall regulate and shall have exclusive authority to regulate billboards which regulation and enforcement shall be no less stringent than the regulation of billboards by municipal ordinance within the corporate limits of the municipality. The regulations shall be adopted by resolution or ordinance of the county commission at a regularly scheduled meeting of the commission. Any resolution or ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall have standards as to distance between...
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8-17-275
Section 8-17-275 Violations. (a) A manufacturer, wholesale dealer, agent, or any other person or entity who knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes, other than through retail sale, in violation of Section 8-17-272, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each pack of the cigarettes sold or offered for sale provided that in no case shall the penalty against a person or entity for that violation exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) during any 30-day period. (b) A retail dealer who knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes in violation of Section 8-17-272 shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each pack of the cigarettes sold or offered for sale, provided that in no case shall the penalty against any retail dealer exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for sales or offers to sell during any 30-day period. (c) In addition to any penalty prescribed by law, any corporation,...
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9-16-11
Section 9-16-11 Enforcement of provisions of article - Institution of civil action for enforcement of final order of director; engaging in surface mining without valid permit; willful misrepresentations, etc., in applications; rights of exception and appeal. (a) Should the director determine that any final order or determination made by him, not then the subject of judicial review, is being violated by any operator, then the director may cause to have instituted a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction to forfeit the bond of the operator as to land affected by the operator's violation of this article or for injunctive or other appropriate relief to prevent any further or continued violation of such final order or determination. (b) Any person required by this article to have a permit who engages in surface mining without a valid permit to do so as prescribed by this article shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this article and, upon complaint made by the director in a...
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45-2-22.11
Section 45-2-22.11 Remedies. (a) If a supplier engages in conduct prohibited under this part, a wholesaler with which the supplier has an agreement may maintain a civil action against the supplier to recover actual damages reasonably incurred as the result of the prohibited conduct. If a wholesaler engages in conduct prohibited under this part, a supplier with which the wholesaler has an agreement may maintain a civil action against the wholesaler to recover actual damages reasonably incurred as the result of the prohibited conduct. (b) A supplier that violates any provision of this part shall be liable for all actual damages and all court costs and, in the court's discretion, reasonable attorney fees incurred by a wholesaler as a result of that violation. A wholesaler that violates any provision of this part shall be liable for all actual damages and all court costs and, in the court's discretion, reasonable attorney fees incurred by the supplier as a result of that violation. (c)...
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