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NFL Concussion Lawsuit Settlement
/by McPhillips Shinbaum, LLPThe National Football League (NFL) has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with current and former players regarding brain damage suffered by players, allegedly while competing on the football field. The total value of the settlement is $765 million. Settlement terms include $675 million in compensation to former players and their survivors, and $90 million for further […]
Three Shades of Cause
/by McPhillips Shinbaum, LLPA previous post discussed the legal duty that one person owes another person. Once it is established that the plaintiff owed you a duty, the next step in your negligence case is to link that duty to your damages. While duty is largely a legal question — for the most part, the law determines who […]
Damages in a Negligence Case
/by McPhillips Shinbaum, LLPThe final element in your negligence case is damage. The other elements — duty, breach, cause-in-fact and proximate cause — may all be clearly established, but if there are no damages then there can be no negligence lawsuit. Your damages can fall into one of several categories. Economic damages The typical car accident costs a […]
Alabama Town Weighs Alternative Sentencing Option
/by McPhillips Shinbaum, LLPOne Alabama community recently unveiled a very controversial alternative sentencing plan ― nonviolent offenders may choose to go to church instead of jail. Bay Minette, a town of 8,200 residents about 30 miles northeast of Mobile, offered first-time, non-violent offenders facing municipal court charges an alternative of attending church services once a week for a […]
Pedestrian Killed in Far Northeast Atlanta
/by McPhillips Shinbaum, LLPThe Hall County Sherriff’s Office reports that a pedestrian was killed in a Hall County personal injury accident in the early morning hours of Tuesday, September 3, 2013. The victim was crossing State Road 211, near State Road 53, when she was hit and killed by an oncoming car. State Road 211 was closed for […]
Murder Conviction Overturned; DA Vows Retrial
/by McPhillips Shinbaum, LLPThe Limestone County District Attorney has stated that he will retry a man after the defendant’s 2012 murder conviction was overturned on appeal. The appeals court stated that the jury had been improperly instructed. 41-year-old Keith George was sentenced to 50 years in prison following the 2009 shooting death of his 26-year-old nephew Rusty George […]