Ala. Code § 6-5-578

Effect of Compliance or Violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct.

Known as the The Alabama Legal Services Liability Act

The act spans §§ 6-5-570 to 6-5-581 (12 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Alexander v. DeLong, Caldwell, Novotny & Bridgers, LLC. (In Re Terry Manufacturing Co.) (2005)

Most recently applied in Alexander v. DeLong, Caldwell, Novotny & Bridgers, LLC. (In Re Terry Manufacturing Co.) (April 2005)

(Acts 1988, No. 88-262, p. 406, §9.)

(a) Evidence of action taken by a legal service provider in an effort to comply with any provision or any official opinion or interpretation of the rules of professional conduct shall be admissible only in defense of a legal service liability action and the same shall be available as a defense to any legal services liability action.

(b) Neither evidence of a charge of a violation of the rules of professional conduct against a legal service provider nor evidence of any action taken in response to such a charge shall be admissible in a legal services liability action and the fact that a legal service provider violated any provision of the rules of professional conduct shall not give rise to an independent cause of action or otherwise be used in support of recovery in a legal services liability action.

Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.