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Alabama Tort Law, Fourth Edition

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Publisher :Michie
Format: 1600 pages, hardbound, with current supplement , BOOK
ISBN: 9780327155720
2004
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    Alabama Tort Law, Fourth Edition is the only truly comprehensive resource on tort law in Alabama, now updated and expanded to two volumes. With expert discussion of proof requisites and defenses, this book covers all the elements of each tort actionable under Alabama law. It provides the information necessary to determine if there is a case and what is needed to prove or defend it. The publication not only provides up-to-date coverage of relevant case law and analysis, it also includes comprehensive appendixes with practical material including checklists and sample complaints for frequently encountered topics.

    VOLUME 1
    1 Negligence
    2 Contributory Negligence and Assumption of Risk
    3 Wantonness and Willfulness
    4 Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage
    5 Guest Statute
    6 Negligent Entrustment and Supervision
    7 Dram Shop Actions
    8 Premises Liability
    9 Landlord's Liability for Injuries to Tenant
    10 Negligence Liability for Highway Conditions
    11 Criminal Acts of Third Parties
    12 Injuries by Animals
    13 Worker's Compensation
    14 Employer's Liability Act
    15 Co-Employee and Negligent Inspection Liability
    16 Wrongful Employment Termination
    17 Medical Malpractice
    18 Legal Malpractice
    19 Products Liability
    20 Fraud and Related Actions
    21 Bad Faith
    22 Invasion of Privacy
    23 Tort of Outrage
    24 Defamation
    25 Slander of Title
    26 Intentional Interference with Business or Contractual Relations and Other Business Torts
    27 Malicious Prosecution, Abuse of Process and False
    28 Assault and Battery
    29 Conversion
    30 Trespass
    31 Nuisance
    32 Abnormally Dangerous Activities

    VOLUME 2
    33 Wrongful Death
    34 Tort Claims Against Municipalities and Other Government Entities
    35 Family Relations and Torts
    36 Joint Tortfeasors
    37 Vicarious Liability
    38 Conspiracy
    39 Choice of Law
    40 Compensatory Damages
    41 Compensatory Damages For Injured Property Interests
    42 Punitive Damages
    43 Remittitur
    44 Evidentiary Issues in Torts
    45 Venue
    46 Statute of Limitations
    47 Arbitration
    48 Class Actions
    49 Estoppel Claims and Defenses
    50 Preemption
    Appendices, Table of Cases, Table of Statutes, Index

     

    Gregory S. Cusimano


    Areas of Practice
    - Products Liability
    - Fraud
    - Bad Faith
    - Personal Injury and Death
    - Civil Trials
    - Professional Malpractice
    - Trucking Wrecks
    Litigation Percentage: 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

    Bar Admissions:
    - Alabama, 1968
    - U.S. Federal Court, 1970
    - U.S. Supreme Court, 1988

    Education:
    - The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1968 J.D.
    - Honors: Member, Bench and Bar University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1965

    Published Works:
    - Coeditor: ATLA's Litigating Tort Cases, ATLA Press & West; 2003, Six Volumes
    - Contributing Editor: Roberts-Cusimano Alabama Tort Law Handbook, Michie Company, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1990
    - Recognizing and Proving Damages of Psychic Injuries, 39 The Alabama Lawyer, 1978
    - A Tribute to Trial Lawyers, Association of Trial Lawyers of America Advocate, Vol. 16, No. 9, December, 1990
    - A Tribute To Trial Lawyers, Association of Trial Lawyers of America Brief, Vol. 7, No. 1, April, 1991
    - A Tribute to Trial Lawyers, The Cumberland Lawyer, Vol. 26, No. 1, Fall, 1991
    - Summation: The Last Hurdle, Trial, Vol. 28, No. 9, September, 1992
    - Proposed Alabama Rules of Evidence: What's the Same? What's Different?, 45
    Alabama Law Review 109, 1993
    - Alabama Tort Law, Third Edition, Michie, 1996

    Roberts, Michael L.


    MICHAEL L. ROBERTS
    Cusimano, Keener, Roberts, Kimberley & Miles, P.C.
    Bar Admissions:
    - Alabama, 1977
    - U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1979
    - U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981
    - U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama, 1979
    - U.S. Supreme Court, 1996

    Education:
    - Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1977, Doctor of Jurisprudence
    Honors: Cum Laude
    Honors: Member, Curia Honoris
    Law Review: Cumberland Law
    Review, Member, Editorial Board, 1976 - 1977
    - Samford University, Birmingham, AL, 1974, B.A.
    Honors: Summa Cum Laude
    Major: Economics
    Major: History

    Published Works:
    - Alabama Tort Law, 4th Edition, Lexis, 2004
    - Alabama Tort, Michie Company, April 1990
    - Alabama Tort Law, 2nd Edition, Michie Co., 1996
    - Alabama Tort Law, 3rd Edition, LEXIS, 2000
    - Alabama Tort Law, 1991-1995 Cumulative Supplements, Michie
    - Alabama Tort Law, 2nd Edition Cumulative Supplements, 1997-1999
    - Alabama Tort Law, 3rd Edition Cumulative Supplements, 2001-2003
    - Recovery for Lost Profits of Nascent Businesses, 3 Matthew Bender Commercial Damages Reporter 67, April-May, 1988
    - Sexual Harassment Remedies, 4 Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal 15, 1985
    - Proposed Alabama Rules of Evidence: What's the Same? What's Different?, 45 Alabama Law Review 109, 1993
    - Profit Recovery for the New or Unestablished Business, 48 Alabama Lawyer 78, March, 1987
    - The Televised Trial: A Perspective, 7 Cumberland Law Review 323, 1976
    - Note: Expert Economic Testimony Regarding Inflation's Effect on Future Pecuniary Damages Held Admissible, 6 Cumberland Law Review 733, 1976

    Classes/Seminars Taught:
    - Premises Liability, 1989 and 1996, Alabama Trial Lawyers Association
    - Proving Lost Profits - Plaintiff Perspective, Business Torts Litigation Seminar, 1992
    - Recovery of Lost Profits for New Business, Alabama State Bar Business Torts Section, 1987
    - Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education, Alabama Bar Institute, 1992
    - Lecturer, Tort Law Update, Continuing Legal Education, Alabama Bar Institute, 1998-2004
    - Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education, Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, 1989
    - Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education, Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, 1996

    Top Honors and Awards:
    - Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2001 - 2006
    - 2001 Professionalism Award, Alabama Trial Lawyers Association
    - 2003 Walter P. Gewin Award, AL Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education

    Professional Associations and Memberships:
    - Alabama State Bar, 1977 - Present Member
    - Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, 1987 - Present Member, Executive Committee
    - Association of Trial Lawyers of America Member
    - Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, 1984 - 1987 Member, Board of Governors
    - Etowah County Bar Association, 1979 - 1980 Secretary-Treasurer
    - Etowah County Bar Association 2004-2005 President
    - The Alabama Lawyer, 1991-1992 Board of Editors
    - Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association

     

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