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Nov 28, 2025 - Car Accidents by Cross & Smith

For Tuscaloosa residents involved in a car accident, the aftermath of a crash can be full of stress, confusion, and uncertainty, especially once the medical bills, lost wages, and calls from insurance companies begin to pile up.

Oct 31, 2025 - Car Accidents by Cross & Smith

More and more Alabamians rely on services like Uber and Lyft to get them where they need to go. Ridesharing can be economical and safe, and these services are often more convenient than waiting endlessly on a busy corner for an empty taxi cab. 

Sep 30, 2025 - Personal Injury by Cross & Smith

Fall sports are in full swing! Even though we don’t have a professional sports team in Alabama, no state can compare with our passion for high school and college sports, particularly football. Storied Alabama college football rivalries include Alabama vs. Mississippi State, Alabama vs. Oklahoma, Alabama vs. Georgia, and, of course, Alabama vs. Auburn. 

Aug 29, 2025 - Personal Injury by Cross & Smith

You’ve probably been reading a lot about artificial intelligence recently – how it has started to significantly impact day-to-day life, including in education, the healthcare sector, logistics, and manufacturing. It likely won’t surprise you, then, to learn that artificial intelligence has now come to personal injury litigation. 

Jul 31, 2025 - Personal Injury by Cross & Smith

Personal injury law includes a concept known as premises liability. Premises liability sets out the rights and obligations of the parties when a person is injured on the property of another. Think about all of the ways that someone can be hurt on another person’s property: there can be swimming pool accidents, burn accidents, construction accidents, and others. But one of the most common premises liability accidents is slip and fall cases.

Jun 30, 2025 - Personal Injury by Cross & Smith

Personal injury law in Alabama, also known as tort law, seeks to address the issue of compensation for plaintiffs injured in automobile accidents, swimming pool accidents,  motorcycle accidents, and similar accidents. It provides a framework for determining liability and recovering damages for medical costs, lost wages, other out-of-pocket costs, emotional distress, loss of companionship, and other types of harm.

May 30, 2025 - Personal Injury by Cross & Smith

Personal injury law in Alabama seeks to make individuals whole for the losses and damages they have suffered due to the actions of others. Personal injuries can be the result of car accidents, toxic torts, swimming pool accidents, and a variety of other types of accidents, catastrophic or not. In personal injury law, an act that creates liability for compensation can result from another person’s negligence, willful misconduct, or strict liability.

Apr 30, 2025 - Personal Injury by Cross & Smith

Personal injury in the state of Alabama takes many forms: car accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and many others. One type of personal injury that doesn’t get a lot of attention is dog bites. But it should. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, nearly 5 million people report dog bites each year, and 60% of the injured are children. Dog bites are dangerous and disfiguring, and can even result in death. What remedies are available to people who are victims of dog bites?

Mar 31, 2025 - Motorcycle Accidents by Cross & Smith

Alabama is a hidden gem when it comes to epic motorcycle rides. If you’re looking for world-class scenery, challenging roads, and sweeping turns, here in Alabama, we have The Natchez Trace Parkway, The Huntsville Loop, Little River Canyon Parkway, and Gulf Coast Trails, to name a few. In addition to beautiful vistas, you’ll see historic sites and markers and travel through big-city and small-town Alabama. 

Feb 28, 2025 - Car Accidents by Cross & Smith

According to statistics from the National Safety Council, a nonprofit organization that works to prevent accidents, injuries, and deaths on the roadways of the United States, there are, on average, more than 36,000 motor vehicle accidents every day.  That’s over 13 million annually. While many accidents are minor in nature and don’t cause injuries that require medical attention, in more than 1 out of 4 car accidents, someone ends up in the emergency room.