Category: Articles
Long Live the Debatable Reason Back to the Basics of Alabama Bad Faith Law
The Alabama tort of bad faith was first recognized as “Extreme remedy that finds its application in extreme circumstances within the restricted parameter of an of an unexcused failure to pay benefits”. Read More
Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Alabama Law on Bad Faith Failure to Pay an Insurance Claim
The Alabama tort of bad faith was first recognized as “an extreme remedy that finds its application in extreme circumstances within the restricted parameter of an unexcused failure to pay benefits.” Read More
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Does Not Prohibit Production of Information Regarding Non-Parties,” DRI Life, Health and Disability Newsletter, Winter 2005.
Since the passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”), lawyers defending insurance companies have asserted that non-public personal information concerning other non-party insureds is protected from disclosure. Read More
Economic Duress: A Poor Excuse for Non-Performance
In commercial litigation it is often the case that a party has failed to meet or comply with some contractual requirement, causing the party serious annoyance or inconvenience in the litigation. In order to avoid the breach of contract or promise and the consequences of such breach to the rights […]
Anatomy of a Daubert Challenge
Daubert v. Merrill-Dow Pharms., Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993), and its progeny General Electric Co. v. Joiner, 522 U.S. 136 (1997) and Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael, 526 U.S. 137 (1999), imposed significant limitations on the admissibility of expert testimony in federal court. The amendment of Rule 702 of the […]