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41-9-961
Section 41-9-961 Insurance; civil actions; liability. (a) The commission may provide insurance
covering loss or damage to its properties or any properties of others in its custody, care,
or control, or any properties as to which it has any insurable interest caused by fire or
other casualty and may likewise provide insurance for the payment of damages on account of
the injury to or death of persons and the loss of or destruction of properties of others,
and may pay the premiums out of the revenues of the commission. Nothing in this section shall
be construed to authorize or permit the institution of any civil action or proceeding in any
court against the commission for or on account of any matter referred to in this section;
provided, any contracts of insurance authorized by this section may, in the discretion of
the chair of the commission, provide for a direct right of action against the insurance carrier
for the enforcement of any claims or causes of action. (b) The liability under...
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6-5-160.3
Section 6-5-160.3 Standards of proof; remedies; enforcement. (a) A plaintiff is required by
a preponderance of the evidence to establish that a nuisance exists. The plaintiff is required
by clear and convincing evidence to establish that the owner of the property who is not a
resident or in actual possession of the property was criminally culpable in aiding and abetting
the nuisance. (b) If the existence of a nuisance is found, the judgment may include actual
damages and an injunction to restrain, abate, and prevent the continuance or recurrence of
the nuisance. The court may grant declaratory relief, mandatory orders, or any other relief
deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of the injunction or order and enforce the judgment
or order. (c) The court may retain jurisdiction of the case for the purpose of enforcing its
orders. (d) If a nuisance is found, the court shall have additional power to fashion any one
or more of the following remedies: (1) Assess damages against the...
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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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12-19-150
Section 12-19-150 Legislative intent; assessment of fees in criminal cases; submission of cost
bill by municipal or district court clerk and making of final assessment of costs in circuit
court upon appeals from municipal or district courts to circuit courts. (a) It is hereby declared
to be the policy of the state that docket fees and other court costs in criminal cases shall
generally be assessed only upon conviction. It is further declared to be the policy of the
state that a creditor shall not use the criminal process in order to collect civil debts.
The state does recognize that situations will arise from time to time wherein justice may
best be served by allowing a judge to enter an order dismissing a case upon the payment of
costs by the defendant or by the complainant where the judge has determined that the criminal
process has been abused. (b) Docket fees and other court costs in criminal cases shall be
assessed upon conviction; provided that, in the interest of justice,...
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15-12-22
Section 15-12-22 Appointment and compensation of counsel - Appeals. (a) In all criminal cases
wherein an indigent defendant has an appeal which lies directly to an appellate court and
the indigent defendant expresses his or her desire to appeal, the court shall cause to be
entered upon its minutes a recital of notice of appeal. (b) If it appears that the indigent
defendant desires to appeal and is unable financially or otherwise to obtain the assistance
of counsel on appeal and the indigent defendant expresses the desire for assistance of counsel,
the trial court shall appoint counsel to represent and assist the indigent defendant on appeal,
through the indigent defense system for such cases. The presiding judge of the court to which
the appeal is taken shall have authority to appoint counsel through the indigent defense system
for such cases in the event the trial court fails to appoint and in the event it becomes necessary
to further provide for counsel. It shall be the duty of the...
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15-23-15
Section 15-23-15 Amount and method of compensation; future economic loss generally; exemption
from state and local taxes, etc. (a) Compensation for work loss, replacement services loss,
dependent's economic loss, and dependent's replacement services loss may not exceed six hundred
dollars ($600) per week. (b) Compensation payable to a victim and to all other claimants sustaining
economic loss because of injury to or death of that victim may not exceed twenty thousand
dollars ($20,000) in the aggregate. (c) The commission may provide for the payment to a claimant
in a lump sum or in installments. At the request of the claimant, the commission may convert
future economic loss, other than allowable expense, to a lump sum, but only upon a finding
by the commission that the award in a lump sum will promote the interests of the claimant.
(d) An award payable in installments for future economic loss may be made only for a period
as to which the commission can reasonably determine future...
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34-27-31
Section 34-27-31 Recovery Fund created; fees paid to fund; injured party's recovery from fund;
procedures, appeals, etc.; licensee to report any legal action taken against him or her. (a)
The commission shall establish and maintain a Recovery Fund from which an aggrieved party
may recover actual or compensatory damages, not including interest and court costs, sustained
only within the State of Alabama as a result of conduct of a broker or salesperson in violation
of Article 1 or 2 of this chapter or the rules and regulations of the commission. (b) Notwithstanding
any other provision to the contrary, payments from the Recovery Fund are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: (1) The fund shall not be obligated for the acts or omissions
of a broker or salesperson while acting on his or her own behalf or on behalf of his or her
child, spouse, or parent regarding property in which he or she or his or her spouse, child,
or parent has, or is attempting to acquire, an interest;...
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36-11-10
Section 36-11-10 Proceedings in Supreme Court - Summoning and examination of witnesses generally;
appointment and duties of examiners; conduct of trial. In all original proceedings commenced
under this chapter in the Supreme Court, either party shall have compulsory process to compel
the attendance of witnesses, to be issued by the clerk of the court and served by the marshal
of the court or by any sheriff of the state. Such witnesses shall be sworn and examined on
the trial in open court. The examination of such witnesses shall be conducted and defaulting
witnesses shall be subject to similar proceedings and penalties as in criminal cases in the
circuit court; but, on the written consent of the defendant, the court or a justice thereof,
in term time or vacation, may appoint one or more examiners, whose duty it shall be, jointly
or severally, as may be directed in the order of appointment, to take and certify by such
day as may be fixed in the order of appointment the evidence against...
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40-10-83
Section 40-10-83 Effect of payment by original owner or assignee. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED
BY ACT 2018-494 IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. TO SEE THE AMENDED
VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING. When the action is against the person for whom the
taxes were assessed or the owner of the land at the time of the sale, his or her heir, devisee,
vendee or mortgagee, the court shall, on motion of the defendant made at any time before the
trial of the action, ascertain (i) the amount paid by the purchaser at the sale and of the
taxes subsequently paid by the purchaser, together with 12 percent per annum thereon, subject
to the limitations set forth in Section 40-10-122(a); (ii) with respect to property located
within an urban renewal or urban redevelopment project area designated pursuant to Chapters
2 or 3 of Title 24, all insurance premiums paid or owed by the purchaser for casualty loss
coverage on insurable structures and the value of all permanent improvements...
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41-9-351
Section 41-9-351 Commission may provide for insurance for properties and employees. (a) The
commission may provide insurance covering loss or damage to its properties or any properties
of others in its custody, care, or control or any properties as to which it has any insurable
interest caused by fire or other casualty and may likewise provide insurance for the payment
of damages on account of the injury or death of persons and the loss or destruction of properties
of others, and may pay the premiums out of the revenues of the commission. Nothing in this
section shall be construed to authorize or permit the institution of any civil action or proceeding
in any court against the commission for or on account of any matter referred to in this section.
Any contracts of insurance authorized by this section may, in the discretion of the chair
of the commission, provide for a direct right of action against the insurance carrier for
the enforcement of any claims or causes of action. (b) The...
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