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Alabama Contributory Negligence: The 1% Rule and Its Exceptions

Alabama Contributory Negligence: The 1% Rule and Its Exceptions

In Alabama, being 1% at fault can end your injury claim entirely. Here is how adjusters try to establish that 1%, the exceptions that survive it, and what to do in the first week after a Mobile or Baldwin County crash.

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