6-5-546
Section 6-5-546 Venue of actions; transfer. In any action for injury or damages or wrongful
death whether in contract or in tort against a health care provider based on a breach of the
standard of care, the action must be brought in the county wherein the act or omission constituting
the alleged breach of the standard of care by the defendant actually occurred. If plaintiff
alleges that plaintiff's injuries or plaintiff's decedent's death resulted from acts or omissions
which took place in more than one county within the State of Alabama, the action must be brought
in the county wherein the plaintiff resided at the time of the act or omission, if the action
is one for personal injuries, or wherein the plaintiff's decedent resided at the time
of the act or omission if the action is one for wrongful death. If at any time prior to the
commencement of the trial of the action it is shown that the plaintiff's injuries or plaintiff's
decedent's death did not result from acts or omissions...
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6-2-38
shall, for the purpose of subsections (b) through (f) of this section, be deemed to accrue
upon delivery or tender of delivery thereof by the carrier and not after. (f) The term "overcharges"
as used in subsections (b) through (e) of this section shall mean charges for transportation
services in excess of those applicable thereto under the tariffs lawfully on file with the
Public Service Commission. (g) Any action brought under Section 25-5-11(b) must be brought
within two years of such injury or death. (h) All actions for malicious prosecution
must be brought within two years. (i) All actions for seduction must be brought within two
years. (j) All actions qui tam or for a penalty given by statute to the party aggrieved, unless
the statute imposing it prescribes a different limitation, must be brought within two years.
(k) All actions of libel or slander must be brought within two years. (l) All actions for
any injury to the person or rights of another not arising from contract...
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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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16-44B-1
Commission may deem appropriate. The executive director shall serve as secretary to the Interstate
Commission, but shall not be a Member of the Interstate Commission. The executive director
shall hire and supervise such other persons as may be authorized by the Interstate Commission.
D. The Interstate Commission's executive director and its employees shall be immune from suit
and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for a claim for damage to
or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused or arising
out of or relating to an actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred, or that
such person had a reasonable basis for believing occurred, within the scope of Interstate
Commission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided, that such person shall not be
protected from suit or liability for damage, loss, injury, or liability caused by the
intentional or willful and wanton misconduct of such person. 1. The liability of...
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6-5-410
Section 6-5-410 Wrongful act, omission, or negligence causing death. (a) A personal
representative may commence an action and recover such damages as the jury may assess in a
court of competent jurisdiction within the State of Alabama where provided for in subsection
(e), and not elsewhere, for the wrongful act, omission, or negligence of any person, persons,
or corporation, his or her or their servants or agents, whereby the death of the testator
or intestate was caused, provided the testator or intestate could have commenced an action
for the wrongful act, omission, or negligence if it had not caused death. (b) The action shall
not abate by the death of the defendant, but may be revived against his or her personal
representative and may be maintained though there has not been prosecution, conviction, or
acquittal of the defendant for the wrongful act, omission, or negligence. (c) The damages
recovered are not subject to the payment of the debts or liabilities of the testator or...

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6-5-502
Section 6-5-502 Limitation periods for product liability actions. (a) All product liability
actions against an original seller must be commenced within the following time limits and
not otherwise: (1) Except as specifically provided in subsections (b), (c), and (e) of this
section, within one year of the time the personal injury, death, or property
damage occurs; and (2) Except as specifically provided in subsections (b), (c), and (e) of
this section, each element of a product liability action shall be deemed to accrue at the
time the personal injury, death, or property damage occurs; (b) Where the personal
injury, including personal injury resulting in death, or property damage
(i) either is latent or by its nature is not discoverable in the exercise of reasonable diligence
at the time of its occurrence, and (ii) is the result of ingestion of or exposure to some
toxic or harmful or injury-producing substance, element or particle, including radiation,
over a period of time as opposed...
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6-5-551
Section 6-5-551 Complaint to detail circumstances rendering provider liable; discovery. In
any action for injury, damages, or wrongful death, whether in contract or in tort,
against a health care provider for breach of the standard of care, whether resulting from
acts or omissions in providing health care, or the hiring, training, supervision, retention,
or termination of care givers, the Alabama Medical Liability Act shall govern the parameters
of discovery and all aspects of the action. The plaintiff shall include in the complaint filed
in the action a detailed specification and factual description of each act and omission alleged
by plaintiff to render the health care provider liable to plaintiff and shall include when
feasible and ascertainable the date, time, and place of the act or acts. The plaintiff shall
amend his complaint timely upon ascertainment of new or different acts or omissions upon which
his claim is based; provided, however, that any such amendment must be made at...
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6-6-392
Section 6-6-392 Bond required when garnishment in aid of pending action; exception as to Superintendent
of Banks. When the garnishment is in aid of a pending action, the plaintiff, his agent or
attorney must also give bond in double the amount claimed in the action, with sufficient surety,
to be approved by the officer issuing the writ, with condition that the plaintiff will prosecute
the garnishment to effect and pay the defendant all such damages as he may sustain from the
wrongful or vexatious suing out of such garnishment; and such bond, as to actions thereon,
is subject to the provisions of this code relating to actions on attachment bonds; provided,
however, that the Superintendent of Banks of the State of Alabama shall not be required to
give bond when garnishment is issued in aid of a pending action, which action is based on
a promissory note owned by a bank in the process of liquidation. Such Superintendent of Banks
or the liquidating agent of such bank in liquidation shall,...
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25-5-11
the employee was entitled. For purposes of this amendatory act, the employer shall be entitled
to subrogation for medical and vocational benefits expended by the employer on behalf of the
employee; however, if a judgment in an action brought pursuant to this section is uncollectible
in part, the employer's entitlement to subrogation for such medical and vocational benefits
shall be in proportion to the ratio the amount of the judgment collected bears to the total
amount of the judgment. (b) If personal injury or death to any employee results
from the willful conduct, as defined in subsection (c) herein, of any officer, director, agent,
or employee of the same employer or any workers' compensation insurance carrier of the employer
or any person, firm, association, trust, fund, or corporation responsible for servicing any
payment of workers' compensation claims for the employer, or any officer, director, agent,
or employee of the carrier, person, firm, association, trust, fund, or...
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6-3-7
Section 6-3-7 Venue of actions - Against foreign and domestic corporations. (a) All civil actions
against corporations may be brought in any of the following counties: (1) In the county in
which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or
a substantial part of real property that is the subject of the action is situated; or (2)
In the county of the corporation's principal office in this state; or (3) In the county in
which the plaintiff resided, or if the plaintiff is an entity other than an individual, where
the plaintiff had its principal office in this state, at the time of the accrual of the cause
of action, if such corporation does business by agent in the county of the plaintiff's residence;
or (4) If subdivisions (1), (2), or (3) do not apply, in any county in which the corporation
was doing business by agent at the time of the accrual of the cause of action. (b) The residence
of only any properly joined named class representative or...
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