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6-5-576
Section 6-5-576 Advance payments by defendant or insurer not admission of liability; advance
payments in excess of award not repayable. (a) In all legal service liability actions, any
advance payment made by the defendant or his insurer to or for the plaintiff, or any other
person, may not be construed as an admission of liability for injuries or damages suffered
by the plaintiff or anyone else. Evidence of such advance payment is not admissible until
there is a final judgment in favor of the plaintiff, in which event the court shall reduce
the judgment to the plaintiff to the extent of advance payment. The advance payment shall
inure to the exclusive credit of the defendant or his insurer making the payment. In the event
the advance payment exceeds the liability of the defendant or the insurer making it, the court
shall order any adjustment necessary to equalize the amount which each defendant is obligated
to pay, exclusive of costs. (b) In no case shall an advance payment in excess...
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32-2-10
Section 32-2-10 Insurance for employees. The state Department of Public Safety is authorized,
subject to approval by the Governor, to insure its employees in some insurance company or
companies authorized to do business in the State of Alabama against personal injury
or death caused by accident or violence while discharging their duties as such employees;
provided, the amount of insurance to be procured as to any such employee shall not exceed
the amount which would be payable to such employee under the workmen's compensation laws of
the State of Alabama if such employee were privately employed; except, that such policy may
provide additional benefits not to exceed $10,000.00 per employee for the payment of hospital
and medical expenses. The cost of such insurance shall be paid by the state Department of
Public Safety out of any funds appropriated to its use in manner provided by law. (Acts 1943,
No. 388, p. 606; Acts 1953, No. 722, p. 976.)...
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6-5-486
Section 6-5-486 Optional method of payment of judgments in excess of $100,000. Where a plaintiff
recovers a judgment from a physician, dentist, or medical institution, as defined in Section
6-5-481, in an action for medical liability, and such judgment is in excess of $100,000, the
court, in its discretion, may order that: (1) There shall be deducted from the award, and
paid to the plaintiff, an amount sufficient to cover his out-of-pocket expenses as well as
his attorney's fee. (2) The remainder of the award shall be paid to the plaintiff in monthly
installments in an amount calculated to provide the plaintiff a lifetime income. (3) If the
plaintiff should die before payment of all of said award, the same income shall be paid to
the beneficiary of the plaintiff for the remainder of the payments due. (4) The defendant
file a surety bond with the court in an amount equal to the award remaining after the expenses
referred to in subdivision (1) of this section have been deducted. (Acts...
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2-9-22
of Agriculture and Industries, subject to approval by the Governor, is hereby authorized and
empowered and may enter into a contract by bond or policy with an insurance company authorized
to do business in this state whereby employees of the Department of Agriculture and Industries
who are engaged in work involving inspection, grading, classifying, weighing or otherwise
handling agricultural commodities at shipping points, terminal markets, receiving centers
or elsewhere will be insured against personal injury or death caused by accidental
means while discharging their duties as such employees. The amount of insurance protection
to be paid to any employee as authorized under this section on account of death, injury
or disability shall not exceed the amount or amounts as provided by the workmen's compensation
laws of the State of Alabama if such employees were privately employed; except, that such
insurance may provide additional benefits not to exceed $10,000.00 per employee for the...
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27-3A-3
Section 27-3A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Public Health. (2)
ENROLLEE. An individual who has contracted for or who participates in coverage under an insurance
policy, a health maintenance organization contract, a health service corporation contract,
an employee welfare benefit plan, a hospital or medical services plan, or any other benefit
program providing payment, reimbursement, or indemnification for health care costs for the
individual or the eligible dependents of the individual. (3) PROVIDER. A health care provider
duly licensed or certified by the State of Alabama. (4) UTILIZATION REVIEW. A system for prospective
and concurrent review of the necessity and appropriateness in the allocation of health care
resources and services given or proposed to be given to an individual within this state. The
term does not include elective requests for clarification of...
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34-27-101
Section 34-27-101 Violations; damages. (a) No licensed real estate broker shall be required
to pay a referral fee or commission when reasonable cause for payment does not exist. (b)
No third party shall knowingly interfere with the real estate brokerage relationship of a
real estate licensee. (c) Any person aggrieved by a violation of any provision of this article
may bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction. The damages recoverable in
such an action shall be actual damages and, in addition, the court may award an amount up
to three times the amount of actual damages sustained as a result of any violation of this
article, plus reasonable attorney fees and expenses. (Act 2000-210, p. 277, ยง2.)...
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40-26B-70
Section 40-26B-70 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ACCESS PAYMENT. A payment by the Medicaid program to an eligible
hospital for inpatient or outpatient hospital care, or both, provided to a Medicaid recipient.
(2) ALL PATIENT REFINED DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUP (APR-DRG). A statistical system of classifying
any non-Medicare inpatient stay into groups for the purposes of payment. (3) ALTERNATE CARE
PROVIDER. A contractor, other than a regional care organization, that agrees to provide a
comprehensive package of Medicaid benefits to Medicaid beneficiaries in a defined region of
the state pursuant to a risk contract. (4) CERTIFIED PUBLIC EXPENDITURE (CPE). A certification
in writing of the cost of providing medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries by publicly owned
hospitals and hospitals owned by a state agency or a state university plus the amount of uncompensated
care provided by publicly owned hospitals and hospitals...
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7-3-411
Section 7-3-411 Refusal to pay cashier's checks, teller's checks, and certified checks. (a)
In this section, "obligated bank" means the acceptor of a certified check or the
issuer of a cashier's check or teller's check bought from the issuer. (b) If the obligated
bank wrongfully (i) refuses to pay a cashier's check or certified check, (ii) stops payment
of a teller's check, or (iii) refuses to pay a dishonored teller's check, the person asserting
the right to enforce the check is entitled to compensation for expenses and loss of interest
resulting from the nonpayment and may recover consequential damages if the obligated bank
refuses to pay after receiving notice of particular circumstances giving rise to the damages.
(c) Expenses or consequential damages under subsection (b) are not recoverable if the refusal
of the obligated bank to pay occurs because (i) the bank suspends payments, (ii) the obligated
bank asserts a claim or defense of the bank that it has reasonable grounds to...
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22-18-61
Section 22-18-61 Development and administration of program. (a) The Alabama Community College
System, the Alabama Fire College, and the University of South Alabama, in consultation with
the associations, shall jointly develop and administer a student tuition reimbursement program
for students that agree in the form of an enforceable contract agreement, to provide emergency
medical services for volunteer rescue squads or volunteer fire departments in Alabama after
becoming a licensed EMSP subject to the student agreeing to provide three years of service
to a volunteer rescue squad or volunteer fire department. (b) Tuition reimbursement under
this article shall be the actual tuition costs paid by the student associated with obtaining
certification. Tuition costs shall not be reimbursed until the student provides ACCS and the
associations with documentation that he or she has successfully completed the approved course
of instruction, proof of passing the certification exam, production of...
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45-32-80.20
Section 45-32-80.20 Collection and disposition of funds. (a) All solicitor's and district attorney's
fees hereafter taxed as cost and collected in all criminal cases in all courts in the Seventeenth
Judicial Circuit shall be paid by the clerk of the court collecting such fees into a fund
to be designated as the Solicitor's and District Attorney's Fund, and shall be kept, used,
and expended in the manner hereinafter provided. Such payments shall be made to such fund
by the clerk of the court by the 10th day of each month following the collection. (b)(1) The
District Attorney and any Circuit Judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit may requisition
expenditures from the Solicitor's and District Attorney's Fund for the payment of the following
items: a. Office supplies, equipment, furniture, postage and telephone expenses, and clerical
or bailiff expenses. b. Necessary expenses relative to obtaining evidence in any criminal
or civil case, whether pending or under investigation. c. Film,...
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