- Wrongful DeathThere are major differences on how Alabama and Mississippi decide what's true on a wrongful death case. Very different. Since I'm a lawyer in both cases, I have handled death cases in both cases. So, let me put some basic today then add some detail as I go along. If you run into the need for information, don't wait on me to hit your question in the writing. Just call me now. No charge to answer a question.
- Personal InjuryVirtually any personal injury from a car wreck, to a slip and fall or any other claim where you have been hurt can be the basis for suing the federal government just as someone can sue you or me if we hurt them and for pretty much the same reasons. You have to follow the rules I talk about above but it can be done.
- Medical MalpracticeHere there is a difference between someone in active service and a Veteran or family member of someone in active service. Someone who is in active service cannot sue the federal government for negligence under any circumstances. However, once out of active service or a family member then the normal negligence rules for medical malpractice apply. Then the injured person can sue the federal government for negligence, in this case medical malpractice.
- Auto Accidents
- Social Security DisabilityAll require work. All require time. But if you win a Social Security Disability case, these are the only ways to do it. This is how a Social Security lawyer in Tuscaloosa like me - or any other experienced Social Security lawyers - goes about looking at your case and working it up for a hearing. If you have any questions about this just call me at
- BankruptcyBurdened by legacy liabilities, and especially environmental liabilities, Tronox filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2009 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Tronox emerged from bankruptcy on February 14, 2011, when its plan of reorganization was confirmed by the Court. As part of the reorganization, Tronox settled with various environmental regulators for approximately $270 million and approximately 88% of any net proceeds from the fraudulent conveyance litigation. At the same time, Tronox established a litigation trust to pursue the litigation after Tronox’s emergence from bankruptcy and to distribute any recoveries from the litigation to the trust’s environmental and tort beneficiaries.
- Debt CollectionIn May 2009, Tronox initiated the case against the defendants as an adversary proceeding before Judge Allan L. Gropper. The U.S. intervened in the case under the Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act to recover response costs for environmental cleanups at numerous sites around the country. In their complaints, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants fraudulently transferred valuable assets out of the entity that became Tronox, imposed the legacy liabilities on Tronox, and left Tronox with insufficient funds to pay the liabilities that Tronox owed to involuntary creditors (i.e., governmental environmental and tort claimants).