Results that made a real difference.
Wrongful death, product liability, business disputes, and the workplace injuries that change lives — a record of matters our Huntsville firm has tried, settled, and won for people across North Alabama.
Six fights, six recoveries.
Every matter is different. Past results do not predict or guarantee outcomes.
Stock bonus promise, honored
An employee worked for reduced salary on a promise of company stock. After a multi-day trial, the judge ordered the corporation to pay over $3 million in stock.
Widow & children vs. trucking company
We proved the eighteen-wheeler's driver fell asleep after exceeding D.O.T. hour limits in an overweight truck. The recovery secured the family's support and the children's education.
Capsized pleasure boat on the Tennessee River
Naval architects tested the unseaworthy vessel; a weather expert ruled out a microburst. Substantial settlements were reached the week of trial.
Machine without guards crushed a worker's arm
Two claims, two wins: permanent total disability on workers' comp, and $650,000 from the manufacturer whose machine lacked reasonable safety guards.
Minority stockholder vs. corporate oppression
Fired for objecting to mismanagement, our client proved the majority stockholder siphoned over $100,000 for personal expenses — and recovered more than four times that.
Motorcyclist vs. distracted truck driver
Full recovery of all available insurance limits for a motorcyclist seriously injured in a collision with a truck.
Three decades on the docket.
A sampling of matters resolved for North Alabama clients.
- Negligent hot-water-heater installation — 2nd & 3rd degree burns
- Recovery for negligent design of aircraft fuel system
- Two-ton truck crashed through family home — settlement negotiated
- $125,000 for ankle fracture in motor vehicle collision
- Defective airbag claim against Ford Motor Company — successful
- Automobile death case — limits of all policies
- Cyclist killed by oversized truck on bridge — family settlement
- $30,000 for customer who slipped in oil at large discount store
- Pedestrian death case — limits of insurance coverage
- TV station liable for employee's negligence in vehicle collision
- $55,000 for facial injury suffered in car crash
- Contractor held liable to homeowner
- Recovery for estate of individual who died after flu vaccine
- Collapsed porch — recovery against builders for negligent design
- Judgment against billboard company for contract delay
- Convenience store liable for selling alcohol to minors — resulting death
- Multi-million dollar DDT exposure settlement for workers & residents
- $240,000 against feed company for motor vehicle collision
- Grocery store liable for anti-freeze slip and fall
- $120,000 policy-limits settlement — intoxicated defendant driver
- Security-system fire — recovery for homeowners
- Railroad right-of-way neglect — wrongful death recovery
- Excessive-speed collision — family collects policy limits
- Store liable for falling ceiling tile injuries
- Trucking company liable for rear-end collision
- Shopper hurt during exercise-equipment demonstration — successful claim
The workers' compensation record
A long and proud history of representing people hurt on the job — including numerous permanent total disability judgments, the maximum allowed under Alabama workers' compensation law.
In virtually every case where permanent total disability was awarded, we also secured Social Security disability benefits for the injured employee.
Permanent total disability — the injuries behind the judgments
- Bilateral repetitive-motion injuries → reflex sympathetic dystrophy, spinal cord stimulator
- Low back injury from lifting heavy equipment
- Neck injury lifting a coffee urn at a fast-food restaurant
- Back surgery and major depression — 28-year-old employee
- Heart attack from physical demands of the job
- Nurse's neck injury aggravating dormant arthritis
- Electrocution by crane boom — lost fingers, nerve damage
- COPD from smoke and chemical exposure at an aluminum factory — age 31
- Carpet-plant back injury — multiple surgeries, continual pain care
- Tire-plant shoulder injury requiring surgery
- CNA's back injury — three surgeries before age 40
- Non-surgical back injury, 55-year-old aluminum worker
- Knee injury — two replacements of the same knee, chronic pain
- Crushed arm in textile machine — chronic pain
- Head injury during store robbery — hearing, balance, and panic disorders
- Back injury lifting air conditioners despite known restrictions — fired after filing, settled after the surgeon's deposition
- Sledgehammer injury — surgery, nerve damage, lost arm strength
- Full-thickness rotator cuff tear — textile employee
- Steel-plant knee injury preventing any reasonable employment
- Birmingham tire-company back injuries — lifetime benefits awarded
Death benefits secured for families
- Heart attacks from exertion, stress, and excessive overtime
- Electrocutions — ungrounded equipment, power-line contact
- Strokes from job exertion and surgical complications
- Motor vehicle deaths in the course of employment
- Tractor accident during employment
- Machine malfunction in the workplace
Every matter is different. Past results do not predict or guarantee outcomes. Descriptions summarize matters handled by the firm as published at alabamajusticecenter.com.
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