Some of the cases successfully litigated by the attorneys at Yance Law Firm (Tucker and Jim- now retired) have been discussed in USA Today, The Mobile Register, and various other newspapers and legal publications across the nation. Cases with extraordinary fact patterns or high-dollar damage awards are often discussed in the press. We have posted just some of these articles here. Simply click on the links to the right to read the full text of each article. If you would like to discuss your case with an experienced Mobile, Alabama based personal injury attorney, call (251) 432-8003 for a free initial consultation. Please also click on and read the Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct Disclaimer below.
Alabama’s Million Dollar Cases
“A $10, 250,000 verdict was handed down in Mobile County that was included in the 2007 largest verdicts. In that case, the plaintiff was working at a Target distribution center on a portable scaffold.”
Three Mobile juries side with plaintiffs
“The jury awards went to a man knocked off a portable scaffold, a woman who had a section of a catheter left inside her during a medical procedure and the family of a man who died after receiving medication.”
Construction Negligence
“An electrical contractor, working at a Target distribution center, sustained serious injuries when he fell from a scissor lift - a target employee had struck the lift with a forklift.”
Motel guests victims of peepholes
“Several lawsuits claim operators of a Days Inn in Brewton were negligent in allowing someone to drill peepholes in the walls of some rooms.”
Clark jury awards $1.75 million malpractice award
“Two medical malpractice lawsuits were heard by juries in the Clark County Civil Court in Grove Hill this week and last. The first case was dismissed, but the second resulted in a jury verdict for the plaintiff and a $1.75 million judgment against the physician.”
Widow wins $25.3 million in tractor case
“A Mobile County Circuit Court jury has awarded $25.3 million to the widow of a man who drowned after a tractor he was riding in rolled over and pinned him down in a pond.”
Paralyzed player gets $10 million
“A Mobile County Circuit Court jury on Friday awarded a former Jackson Academy football player a $10 million judgment from the insurance company that failed to pay on the school’s policy with that company after player was paralyzed during an Aug. 21, 1985 football practice.”
Deadly Choctaw gas accident case settled for $8.6 million
“Victims and families have agreed to an $8.6 million settlement in a case brought against Georgia-Pacific Corp. after a 2002 deadly gas accident at a Choctaw County paper mill, their Mobile lawyer said Monday.”
Verdict $65 million in wrongful death
“A $65 million dollar verdict for the widow of a nursing home patient was the largest wrongful death award in Alabama history, said one of the widow’s attorneys.”
Triple amputee accepts $3.1 million in settlement
“A triple amputee has agreed to a $3.1 million settlement reached prior to the case going to trial Monday in Mobile County Circuit Court.”
Jury awards $5.5 million for malpractice
“A Circuit Court jury on Friday awarded what is believed to be the largest medical malpractice judgment ever presented in Baldwin County at $5.5 million.”
Settlement totals $2 million-plus
“On Wednesday, April 26, 2000, a settlement in excess of a million dollars was made by Willow Trace Nursing Home of a civil suit for the death of Bonnie Emmons after a jury was seated for the trial.”