Books
Articles
- Alabama’s Strange Livestock Law Highlighted
- When the Company Denies Responsibility for Its Driver
- Tort of Outrage Decision
- The National Association of Distinguished Counsel
- By the Numbers – September Trial Article by Gregory S. Cusimano
- Report Confirms Tractor-Trailer Safety Data Effective In Identifying High-Risk Companies by Michael L. Roberts
- Bigger Trucks On The Road? by Michael L. Roberts
- New Cigarette Brands Fail Safety Requirements by Michael L. Roberts
- Volkswagen Emission Test – Cheating Revealed by Michael L. Roberts
- Study Backs Safety Initiatives Against Driver Cell Phone Use by Michael L. Roberts
- GM Ignition Switch Defect Deal Announced by Michael L. Roberts
- Ashley Madison and Invasion of Privacy by Michael L. Roberts
- The Weight of Morals, Mores, and Beliefs in the Courtroom (pdf) by Gregory S. Cusimano
- Court Rules BP must Abide by its Settlement Agreement by Michael Roberts
- Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant Safety Under Scrutiny by Michael Roberts
- Tips For A Safe Halloween Cusimano, Roberts, Mills & Knowlton (pdf)
- Recent Developments in Alabama Tort Law (pdf)
- Intervention For Recovery of Medical Benefits In Wrongful Death Cases (pdf)
- Demonstrations of Adverse Law and Expert Witness Depositions (pdf)
- Advocacy Track: The Trial of Damages in a Muscle Sprain Case, Direct-Examination of Plaintiff’s Lay Witness(es) (pdf)
- Do the right thing (pdf)
- Proposed Alabama Rules of Evidence What’s The Same; What’s Different ( pdf)
- Good Counsel (pdf)
- Recognizing And Proving Damages of Traumatic Neuroses (pdf)
- Trial Technology in the Courtroom (pdf)
- The U.S. Supreme Court Keeps Slamming the Courthouse Door Shut on We The People
- Alabama Supreme Court Says Wrongful Death Act Applies To Pre-Viable Fetus
- Drug Testing To Receive Unemployment Benefits
- We Don’t Need Big Government — or Lawyers Either!
- Please Check Out Gregory S. Cusimano’s Blog Post The Law Of Beliefs
- The Assembly Line of Justice
- Deaf to Danger: How Your Child’s MP3 Player Could Cause Permanent Hearing Damage!
- Arbitration — Another 5 to 4 decision U.S. Supremes
- SCOTUS — Silence is Not Enough to Remain Silent
- Alabama Consumers Beware of Exploding Plastic Gas Containers
- Understanding the difference in Believing and Knowing!
- Plastic Gas Container — Dynamite in a Can?
- Radiation Overexposure — CT Scans
- Government bans texting by bus & truck drivers
- Cadmium Concerns In Chinese Toys And Jewelry
- Attorney Gregory Stephen Cusimano has Achieved the AV Preeminent® Rating – the Highest Possible Rating from Martindale-Hubbell®
Article Summaries
What Remedies Are Available When Hurt on the Job?—Michael L. Roberts
Your employer has a set of obligations that grow out of Alabama Worker’s Compensation statutes. Generally, the employer is obligated to pay for medical services (though the employer or worker’s compensation insurance company has certain rights in the selection of the doctors or other medical providers). The employer is also required to make payments, generally on a weekly basis, for temporary or total disability while you are completely unable to work. FULL ARTICLE (Word document)
How Does Alabama Products Liability Law Affect Vioxx Cases?—Michael L. Roberts
In 1976, Alabama adopted the “Alabama Extended Manufacturer’s Liability Doctrine” which recognized that a manufacturer who makes an unreasonably dangerous or defective product has liability to someone injured by that product. Alabama’s version of this law is different that the product liability law in most states, in that it is more fault-based. FULL ARTICLE (Word document)
Tips and Traps in Auto Accidents—Michael L. Roberts
Recent changes and developments in automobile insurance law and related issues can create problems for the unwary who are dealing with the consequences of automobile accidents. FULL ARTICLE (Word document)
A Tribute To Trial Lawyers —Gregory Cusimano
In Print:
- ATLA Press: Litigating Tort Cases (4.3 mb PDF)
- Book Review: ATLA’s Litigating Tort Cases (Barrister, Issue 72, June, 2004) (1.4 mb PDF)
- Lawyers Urged to Show Human Side at Trial (Virginia Lawyers Weekly 1267) (1 mb PDF)
- Lawyers Weekly, “Plaintiffs should always start by attacking the defendant,” October 18, 1999 (7.4 mb PDF)
- Lawyers Weekly, “Generation Y Jurors ,” February 21, 2000 (5.8 mb PDF)
- Law Bulletin, “How Does Alabama Product Liability Law Affect Vioxx Cases? ” December 4, 2004 (1.3 mb PDF)
- The Messenger Weekend, “Cusimano, Roberts and Kimberley Named In Best Lawyers in America,” December 11, 2004 (3.8 mb PDF)
