Driver at fault for not wearing seat belt, because the driver was not wearing a seat belt, the lawsuit says, he lost control and the bus plowed into the 32-inch high retaining wall.

A Montgomery lawyer will ask a vehicle safety company to recall 15,000 defective seat belts; despite the company's contention the buckles meet federal safety guidelines.

A Montgomery lawyer will ask a vehicle safety company to recall 15,000 defective seat belts, despite the company’s contention the buckles meet federal safety guidelines.

Mr. Freeman, a truck driver, was killed when he was ejected from the large truck (tractortrailer) he was driving on an Alabama highway back in 2005. IMMI was the manufacturer of a seat belt buckle which was part of the safety restraint in the truck Mr. Freeman was driving.

The driver of a school bus and a car involved in a deadly wreck in Huntsville have been named defendants in the first wrongful death lawsuit filed in the accident, which killed four teens.

Alabama trial lawyer C. Gibson Vance was feeling confident. At a December 6 dinner in Washington, the treasurer of the newly renamed American Association for Justice boasted that with the end of 12 years of Republican rule on Capital Hill, the plaintiffs bar was in the driver's seat.

Alabama Voters Against Lawsuit Abuse (AVALA) is calling for the Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb to recuse herself from the Exxon Mobil case.

The drivers of a school bus and a car involved in a deadly wrack on the interstate overpass in Huntsville have been names defendants in the first wrongful death lawsuit filed in the accident, which killed four teens.

The drivers of a school bus car involved a deadly wreck on a interstate overpass in Huntsville have been names defendants in the first wrongful death lawsuit filed in the accident, which killed four teens.

The family of Nicole Ford, one of the four girls killed in a tragic school bus accident filed a wrongful death suit in Madison County Circuit Court, lawyers representing the family announced Monday.