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Last Updated : June 30, 2022
On Monday, April 20th, 16-year-old Taylor Ronald Akin of Adger was killed in a two-vehicle car crash at the intersection of 15th Street Road and CCC Camp Road in Jefferson County. The crash occurred when a Chevrolet Camaro, which Akin was a passenger in, collided with a Chevrolet pickup truck while the truck attempted to…
Read More About 16-year-old Taylor Ronald Akin killed in a two-vehicle crashOn Monday, April 13th, Hunter Thomas Rollins fled the scene of an accident where two state troopers and two civilians were injured. The troopers were chasing Rollins after he refused to pull over, Trooper Derek Campbell said Tuesday, April 14th. The troopers collided with a Honda Civic at the intersection of Jordan Lane and Holmes…
Read More About Rollins Car Chase in HuntsvilleOn Friday, April 10th, a three-vehicle crash in Dekalb County killed two people and sent two people to the hospital. Robin Darrell Anderson, 47, of Arab died at the scene of the accident. He was driving a 2018 Ford F-150 without wearing a seatbelt, when William Seay, 36, of Rainsville, driving a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado…
Read More About 3 Car Fatality Crash In Dekalb CountyFarris, Riley & Pitt, LLP partner Kirby Farris spoke to WBRC Fox6 on Tuesday to answer questions that have been on a lot of our minds: What are my rights if a coworker tests positive for coronavirus? What are my rights if I test positive for coronavirus? Click here to watch the video on wbrc.com.
Read More About Kirby Farris on your rights as an employee during the COVID-19 outbreakDuring a vehicle pursuit near Forestdale, Alabama, a Birmingham Police officer collided with a sedan filled with two adults and three children, before continuing on to crash into into an Exxon gas station. The accident happened Saturday around 4pm on Highway 78 at the intersection of Heflin Avenue. All six people involved in the car…
Read More About Birmingham Police officer collision with a sedan near Forestdale, AlabamaAttorney Ken Riley was quoted in a news story on Coronavirus: Facts, not Fear answering the question “What happens when you break state guidelines?” The story aired in March on WBRC. To see the news story, click here.
Read More About Ken Riley Quoted In Channel 6 WBRC Coronavirus: Facts, not FearAs our community shuts down, hunger issues do not end. Magic City Harvest is willing to help distribute food. To schedule a pick-up, contact Ann Wallace at Magic City Harvest, 205-591-3663 or ann@magiccityharvest.org Birmingham, AL— Magic City Harvest (MCH), a food recovery program serving the Greater Birmingham area for 25 years, is offering immediate assistance…
Read More About Magic City Harvest offering trucks and services to restaurants who need help moving surplus food during COVID-19 shutdownBreanna Brown Eaton, a 24-year-old youth pastor, and her unborn daughter, Adelaide Bryn Eaton, passed away on the way to the hospital after a fatal car accident in Walker County. Jacob Eaton, Breanna Eaton’s husband, was driving and is in very critical condition at UAB Hospital’s Trauma Unit with two broken shins, a broken upper…
Read More About Kirby Farris on Jacob and Breanna Eaton Fatal Car WreckJimmy Max Causey, 67, of Morgan, Georgia, died in a wreck involving a wrong-way driver on Interstate 65 in Birmingham, Alabama. The crash happened on the morning of Sunday, February 23, 2020, involving Causey’s car and a southbound pickup truck headed the wrong way on I-65 near University Boulevard. Causey died at the scene. Three…
Read More About Jimmy Max Causey car wreckWritten by Attorney Calle Mendenhall In early 2019, news outlets began reporting on serious illnesses and deaths attributed to e-cigarette devices. Since then, several dozen deaths and hundreds of illnesses have come to light, and new multi-district litigation has emerged in the Northern District of California to handle injury claims as well as claims related…
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