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11-32-7
and trust indentures, or either. (17) Exercise the power of eminent domain, except as limited
by state law, except the authority may not acquire, without the consent of the owner, any
transportation system from which public transportation service is currently being furnished.
The authority may not by eminent domain acquire any real property or rights owned or held
by public or private railroads or utilities. (18) Expend funds for the purchase or lease of
materials, equipment, supplies, or other personal property without compliance with
Chapter 16 of Title 41. (19) Appoint, employ, contract with, and provide for the compensation
of, officers, employees, and agents, including, but without limitation to, engineers, attorneys,
management consultants, fiscal advisers, or other consultants without regard to Chapter 16
of Title 41, or any law establishing a civil service or merit system that might otherwise
be applicable, as the business of the authority may deem necessary or desirable, and...
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27-61-1
functions. 5. CORPORATE RECORDS OF THE COMMISSION The Commission shall maintain its corporate
books and records in accordance with the Bylaws. 6. QUALIFIED IMMUNITY, DEFENSE, AND INDEMNIFICATION
a. The Members, officers, executive director, employees, and representatives of the Commission,
the Executive Committee, and any other Committee of the Commission shall be immune from suit
and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for any claim for damage to
or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused by or
arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred, or that the person
against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope
of Commission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided that nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to protect any such person from suit and/or liability for any damage, loss,
injury, or liability caused by the intentional or willful or wanton...
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6-5-753
Section 6-5-753 Commencement of action. (a) All actions against a manufacturer in tort, contract,
or otherwise for death or injury to person or damage to property arising out of an
accident shall be commenced within two years next after a cause of action accrues, and not
thereafter. Causes of action for wrongful death accrue upon the death of the testator or intestate.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), and except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), no
action for death or injury to a person or damage to property arising out of an accident
may be brought against a manufacturer if any of the following circumstances apply: (1) The
accident occurred after the applicable repose period beginning on either: a. The date of delivery
of the aircraft to its first purchaser or lessee, if delivered directly from the manufacturer.
b. The date of first delivery of the aircraft to a person engaged in the business of selling
or leasing such aircraft. (2) The accident occurred with respect to any...
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16-24C-4
Section 16-24C-4 Tenure of teachers; nonprobationary status of classified employees. No action
may be proposed or approved based upon personal or political reasons on the part of
the employer, chief executive officer, or governing board. A teacher shall attain tenure,
and a classified employee shall attain nonprobationary status as follows: (1) Except as otherwise
provided by Section 16-23-3, a teacher who is not an employee of a two-year educational institution
operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education, shall
attain tenure upon the completion of three complete, consecutive school years of full-time
employment as a teacher with the same employer unless the governing board approves and issues
written notice of termination to the teacher on or before the last day of the teacher's third
consecutive, complete school year of employment. For purposes of this chapter, a probationary
teacher whose employment or reemployment is effective prior to...
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6-5-411
Section 6-5-411 Injuries to decedent's property resulting from wrongful act, etc., causing
death. (a) The personal representative of a deceased person may commence an action
in a court of competent jurisdiction within the State of Alabama, and not elsewhere, and recover
such damages as the jury may assess for injuries or damages to the property of the decedent
resulting from the same wrongful act, omission, or negligence which caused the death of the
decedent, provided the decedent could have commenced such action if the wrongful act, omission,
or negligence causing the property damage had not also caused his death. (b) Such action may
be commenced though there has not been prosecution, conviction, or acquittal of the defendant
for the wrongful act, omission, or negligence; and it shall not abate by the death of the
defendant, but may be revived against his personal representative. (c) The damages
recovered are not subject to the payment of the debts or liabilities of the decedent, but...
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6-5-572
Section 6-5-572 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) LEGAL SERVICE LIABILITY ACTION.
Any action against a legal service provider in which it is alleged that some injury
or damage was caused in whole or in part by the legal service provider's violation of the
standard of care applicable to a legal service provider. A legal service liability action
embraces all claims for injuries or damages or wrongful death whether in contract or in tort
and whether based on an intentional or unintentional act or omission. A legal services liability
action embraces any form of action in which a litigant may seek legal redress for a wrong
or an injury and every legal theory of recovery, whether common law or statutory, available
to a litigant in a court in the State of Alabama now or in the future. (2) LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDER.
Anyone licensed to practice law by the State of Alabama or engaged in the...
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25-5-14
Section 25-5-14 Legislative findings and intent as to actions filed by injured employee against
officers, etc., of same employer. The Legislature finds that actions filed on behalf of injured
employees against officers, directors, agents, servants, or employees of the same employer
seeking to recover damages in excess of amounts received or receivable from the employer under
the workers' compensation statutes of this state and predicated upon claimed negligent or
wanton conduct resulting in injuries arising out of and in the course of employment are contrary
to the intent of the Legislature in adopting a comprehensive workers' compensation scheme
and are producing a debilitating and adverse effect upon efforts to retain existing, and to
attract new industry to this state. Specifically, the existence of such causes of action places
this state at a serious disadvantage in comparison to the existing laws of other states with
whom this state competes in seeking to attract and retain...
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25-7-41
Section 25-7-41 Definitions; limitations on compensation and employment benefits not required
by state or federal laws. (a) For purposes of this article, the following words have the following
meanings: (1) DISCRIMINATION. An action by an employer or a distinction by an employer that
adversely affects an employee or job applicant based on a group, class, or category to which
that person belongs. (2) EMPLOYEE. An individual employed in this state by an employer or
a natural person who performs services for an employer for valuable consideration and does
not include a self-employed independent contractor. (3) EMPLOYER. A person engaging in any
activity, enterprise, or business in this state employing one or more employees, or a person,
association, or legal or commercial entity receiving services from an employee or independent
contractor and, in return, giving compensation of any kind to such employee or independent
contractor. (4) FEDERAL LABOR LAWS. The National Labor Relations Act,...
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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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25-5-82
Section 25-5-82 Compensation for death to be paid only to United States residents. Compensation
for the death of an employee shall be paid only to dependents who, at the time of the death
of the injured employee, were actually residents of the United States. No right of action
to recover damages for the death of an employee shall exist in favor or for the benefit of
any person who was not a resident of the United States at the time of the death of such employee.
(Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7572; Code 1940, T. 26, §298.)...
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