On March 28, the Alabama Supreme Court withdrew its Sept. 20, 2013, opinion in Owners Ins. Co. v. Jim Carr Homebuilders, LLC, et al., Docket No. 1120764, and replaced it with a per curiam opinion. Following Jim Carr Homebuilders’ (JCH) and a homeowner’s application for rehearing, the March 28 opinion affirmed the trial court’s order … Read More
Jeremy Carlson, a partner with Christian & Small, will ride in the American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure on Saturday, April 5, 2014. He will be joining more than 180 cyclists at the University of Montevallo for the start of event which will cover more than 100 miles. Funds raised by the local riders will be … Read More
Jeremy Carlson, a partner with Christian & Small, will ride in the American Diabetes Association’s 2014 Tour de Cure on Saturday morning, April 5. He will be joining more than 180 cyclists at the University of Montevallo for the event which will cover over 100 miles. Funds raised by the local riders will be used … Read More
Katzenback v. McClung, commonly known as the Ollie’s Barbecue Case, is one of the most important Civil Rights cases of the 1960s. Last week the Birmingham Bar Foundation and Cumberland School of Law hosted a production re-enacting the events leading to the filing of the lawsuit and the government’s appeal of the District Court’s decision to … Read More
Recently, the Florida Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a statute which caps non-economic damages (which, in Florida, includes claims of pain and suffering and mental anguish, among others) that can be awarded where medical negligence results in personal injury or death. The statute in question limited such damages to $500,000 in some cases, and $1 million … Read More
Katzenback v. McClung, commonly known as the Ollie’s Barbecue Case, is one of the most important Civil Rights cases of the 1960s. Yesterday, the Birmingham Bar Foundation and Cumberland School of Law hosted a production reenacting the events leading to the filing of the lawsuit and the government’s appeal of the District Court’s decision to … Read More
