By: Virtus Law Group, Birmingham Alabama. After you’re injured in an accident, you and your attorney will discuss how the accident occurred and who bears the legal responsibility for it. In some instances, another party is the sole cause of your injury. In other situations, your...
By: Virtus Law Group, Birmingham Alabama. Various federal laws prohibit employers from discriminating against an employee or applicant due to pregnancy, childbirth, or any complications relating to pregnancy or childbirth. In addition to providing protections from discrimination, federal laws also require employers to provide accommodations for...
I was injured on the job and I am unable to work while I’m recovering. What is TTD? If you are injured on the job in Alabama, you may be eligible to receive benefits under workers’ compensation. One of the benefits available is Temporary Total Disability...
By: Virtus Law Group, Birmingham Alabama. What are Underinsured and Uninsured Motorist Coverage? Uninsured Motorist coverage pays you for losses resulting from an accident caused by a driver that does not have any insurance. If the person who caused your accident has insurance, but it isn’t enough...
By: Virtus Law Group, Birmingham Alabama. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers with 15 or more employees, unions, and employment agencies from discriminating against applicants and employees on the basis of their race, color, sex, religion, or national origin. When an...
By: Jeremy Schatz, Managing Attorney, Virtus Law Group, Birmingham Alabama. After a car wreck, the at-fault driver’s insurance company will rarely let you know that you are entitled to vehicle depreciation also known as diminished value. What that means is that you the others diver’s insurance...
By: Ray Foushee, Attorney, Virtus Law Group, Birmingham Alabama. What is a Wrongful Death Claim in Alabama? Alabama Code 6-5-410 is the statute that provides for wrongful death actions. It defines wrongful death as “the wrongful act, omission, or negligence of any person. . . whereby the...
By: Jeremy Schatz, Managing Attorney, Virtus Law Group, Birmingham Alabama. If you are denied unemployment and disagree with the determination of the Alabama Unemployment examiners’ decision you have a right to appeal. There are three levels of appeals when dealing with unemployment determinations with each level being...
By: Jeremy Schatz, Managing Attorney, Virtus Law Group, Birmingham Alabama. If you want to pursue a claim of discrimination against your employer under Title VII (race, color, religion, national origin, and sex), the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act,(ADEA), or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),...
By: Ray Foushee Attorney, Virtus Law Group, Birmingham, Alabama. Workers Compensation laws can be very specific, that is why it is very important to do a few things as soon as possible after your on-the-job injury. One of the first things to do after an on-the-job injury...