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Alabama Tort Law, Fifth Edition

The most comprehensive Alabama tort law treatise available.


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    This latest edition of Alabama Tort Law is the most comprehensive tort law treatise in Alabama, authored by the distinguished trial lawyer Michael L. Roberts, along with fellow trial lawyer Gregory S. Cusimano, contributing editor, both of Cusimano, Keener, Roberts, Knowles & Raley, LLC. Inside you'll find comprehensive overage of every type of personal injury case, along with expert analysis of the historical background and current status of tort law in Alabama. Widely cited in Alabama appellate decisions, this two-volume, fifty-chapter publication addresses all points of Alabama tort law, as well as a broad range of fact patterns with practical tips, sample complaints, forms, and checklists.

    Don't start your next case in tort without Alabama Tort Law, from the publisher of Michie's Alabama Code.


    The eBook versions of this title feature links to Lexis Advance for further legal research options.

    Chapter 1. Negligence
    Chapter 2. Contributory Negligence And Assumption Of Risk
    Chapter 3. Wantonness And Willfulness
    Chapter 4. Uninsured And Underinsured Motorist Coverage
    Chapter 5. Guest Statute
    Chapter 6. Negligent Entrustment And Supervision
    Chapter 7. Dram Shop Actions
    Chapter 8. Premises Liability
    Chapter 9. Landlord's Liability For Injuries To Tenant
    Chapter 10. Negligence Liability For Highway Conditions
    Chapter 11. Criminal Acts Of Third Parties
    Chapter 12. Injuries By Animals
    Chapter 13. Workers' Compensation
    Chapter 14. Employer's Liability Act
    Chapter 15. Co-Employee And Negligent Inspection Liability
    Chapter 16. Wrongful Employment Termination
    Chapter 17. Medical Malpractice
    Chapter 18. Legal Malpractice
    Chapter 19. Products Liability
    Chapter 20. Fraud And Related Actions
    Chapter 21. Bad Faith
    Chapter 22. Invasion Of Privacy
    Chapter 23. Tort Of Outrage
    Chapter 24. Defamation
    Chapter 25. Slander Of Title
    Chapter 26. Intentional Interference With Business Or Contractual Relations And Other Business Torts
    Chapter 27. Malicious Prosecution, Abuse Of Process And False Imprisonment
    Chapter 28. Assault And Battery
    Chapter 29. Conversion
    Chapter 30. Trespass
    Chapter 31. Nuisance
    Chapter 32. Abnormally Dangerous Activities
    Chapter 33. Wrongful Death
    Chapter 34. Tort Claims Against Municipalities And Other Governmental Entities
    Chapter 35. Family Relations And Torts
    Chapter 36. Joint Tortfeasors
    Chapter 37. Vicarious Liability
    Chapter 38. Conspiracy
    Chapter 39. Choice Of Law
    Chapter 40. Compensatory Damages
    Chapter 41. Compensatory Damages For Injured Property Interests
    Chapter 42. Punitive Damages
    Chapter 43. Remittitur
    Chapter 44. Evidentiary Issues In Torts
    Chapter 45. Venue
    Chapter 46. Statute Of Limitations
    Chapter 47. Arbitration
    Chapter 48. Class Actions
    Chapter 49. Estoppel Claims And Defenses
    Chapter 50. Preemption
    Appendix A: General Considerations In Preparation And Trial Of A Tort Case
    Appendix B: Practical Aspects Of Premises Liability
    Appendix C: Practical Aspects Of Retaliatory Discharge
    Appendix D: Practical Aspects Of Products Liability
    Appendix E: Practical Aspects Of Fraud
    Appendix F: Practical Aspects Of Invasion Of Privacy
    Appendix G: Practical Aspects Of Remittitur
    Appendix H: Practical Aspects Of Trucking Negligence
    Appendix I: Practical Aspects Of Arbitration
    Table of Cases
    Table of Statutes
    Index

     

    Michael L. Roberts, Author


    Michael L. Roberts received his Bachelor of Arts from Samford University, summa cum laude in 1974. He received a Juris Doctorate from Cumberland School of Law, cum laude, in 1977. He was elected to the editorial board of Cumberland Law Review. Upon graduation from law school he served as law clerk for Presiding Judge Charles Wright of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, from 1977 through 1978.

    He is a partner in Cusimano, Keener, Roberts, Knowles & Raley, in Gadsden, Alabama, where he has practiced for over thirty years representing consumers, workers, small businesses, and various other clients. His practice is primarily concentrated in litigation, including negligence, wrongful death, product liability, consumer disputes, insurance problems, business disputes, appellate work, and fraud and contract litigation. He is admitted to the bars of the State of Alabama; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals: Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; and the U.S. Supreme Court.

    He has written extensively on legal topics in treatises, articles and journals, including a portion of the national publication, ATLA's Litigating Tort Cases, Chapter 68 "Fraud," published by Thompson-West. Some of his other publications include:

    - "Recovery for Lost Profits of Nascent Businesses," 3 Matthew Bender Commercial Damages Reporter 67, April-May 1988;
    - "Profit Recovery for the New or Unestablished Business," 48 Ala. Lawyer 78, March 1987;
    - "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;
    - "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;
    - Good Counsel -- "Confront the 'Know-Nothing' Witness," Trial, p. 66, August 2007.

    His professional associations include Etowah County Bar Association (President 2004-2005; Secretary-Treasurer 1979 -1980); Alabama Trial Lawyers Association/Alabama Association for Justice (Executive Committee); Inns of Court; Association of Trial Lawyers of America/American Association for Justice; Alabama Law Institute; Fellow, Alabama Law Foundation. He has served as an arbitrator through the American Arbitration Association since 2002 and has been listed in "Best Lawyers in America" since 2001, and is listed in Super Lawyers.

    Gregory S. Cusimano, Contributor


    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 AlabamaLawyer, 1978
    - A Tribute to Trial Lawyers, Association of Trial Lawyers of AmericaAdvocate, 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

    Please also visit the authors' law firm website: AlabamaTortLaw.com

     

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