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...
By: Jeremy Schatz, Managing Attorney, Virtus Law Group, Birmingham Alabama. The neck is composed of several different structures such as muscles, bones, and ligaments. Located in between the vertebrae of the spine are what’s called the intervertebral disc. Think of it as a sandwich, the bread...
From Forbes.com Original source credit: https://www.forbes.com/sites/eriksherman/2021/03/24/pro-act-and-abc-test-no-one-knows-what-the-effects-will-be You may have followed debates about the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, union-friendly legislation that would make the largest modifications to the long-standing National Labor Relations Act since the Taft-Hartley Act restricted union power in 1947. In the process, you’ve...
Frequently Asked Question about Workplace Discrimination. By: Jeremy Schatz, Managing Attorney, Virtus Law Group, Birmingham Alabama. Is it discrimination when…. I was disciplined for doing something that another employee did without any consequences? This question is a common example of potential discrimination. If the other employee is similarly...