Our Results

Verdicts and Settlements

Prince Glover Hayes was established in 1979 by Senior Partner Robert F. Prince in the Prince-Searcy Building in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. We are a civil litigation firm concentrating in personal injuryenvironmental lawand insurance fraud. Under his leadership, the firm has earned some of the largest jury verdicts ever awarded in the state of Alabama.  Our firm has taken on powerful special interests, including large insurance companies, large trucking companies, and corporations with lots of money to spend on their lawyers and their experts.  Our verdicts and settlements prove that we are not afraid of these special interests and that we will fight all the way to the courthouse if we have to in order to make sure our clients get the justice they deserve.

Here are examples of some of our larger verdicts and settlements:

$43.8 MILLION

Harmful Gasoline Fumes (Hale County)

$40 MILLION

Harmful Exposure in Workplace

$20 MILLION

Alabama Farmers Wrongfully Denied Insurance Benefits

$15.5 MILLION

18 Wheeler Slammed into Car and Broke Driver’s Leg (Federal Court)
(Surpassed the largest personal injury verdict in Tuscaloosa County, which had been set by Robert Prince in 1999)

$10.05 million

Wrongful Death (Pickens County)

$8.75 MILLION

Product Failure Kills Person after 4 Years of Suffering

$8.3 MILLION

Insurance Fraud Verdict

$7.35 MILLION

Alabama Farmers Wrongfully Denied Insurance Benefits

$7 MILLION

Wrongful Death Settlement in 18-Wheeler Case With Evidence of Distracted Driving

$6.75 MILLION

Verdict in Pickens County For Breach of Contract, Fraud, Fraudulent Suppression

$6.3 MILLION

Alabama Truck Driver Injured at Industrial Site in Michigan

$6.15 MILLION

Medical Negligence - Catastrophic Injury Caused Improper Suicide Watch Prevention/Security Measures

$6.1 MILLION

Two Clients Rear-Ended by Tractor Trailer

$6 MILLION

Railroad Wrongful Death Settlement

$6 MILLION

Personal Injury Settlement Involving a Railroad Workplace Injury

$5.5 MILLION

Verdict in Hale County Awarded to the Family of a Man who Died when a Crane Toppled Over Onto Him.

$4.2 MILLION

Two Burned Workers Get Settlement

$4 Million

Multiple Victims In Workplace Fire (Tuscaloosa County)

$3.8 MILLION

Settlement of Breach of Contract Lawsuit

$3.8 MILLION

Wrongful Death Settlement in Bessemer, Alabama

$3.78 Million

Breach Of Contract Involving Leasehold Property (Tuscaloosa County)

$3.5 MILLION

Verdict in Case Where a Truck Driver Killed a Man
(At that time, the largest personal injury verdict rendered by a Tuscaloosa County jury)

$3.5 Milliion

Breach of Contract/Bad Faith (Us District Court, Northern District of Alabama)

$3.2 Million

Bad Faith (Pickens County)

$3 MILLION

3 Wheeler Kills Boy (Hale County)

$2.85 MILLION

Settlement for Neighborhood Residents Who Were Exposed to Toxic Odors and Fumes

$2.8 Million

Clients Financially Suffered After Relying On Fraudulent Misrepresentations

$2.75 Million

Clients Were Homeowners Whose Property Had Been Inundated With Toxic Emissions From A Nearby Chemical Company (Tuscaloosa County)

$2.75 MILLION

Victims of Crash with Overloaded Log Truck

$2.7 Million

Wrongful Death Which Occurred At Deceased’s Workplace (Dallas County)

$2.5 Million

Wrongful Death As A Result Of Collision With An 18-Wheeler (Geneva County)

$2.5 MILLION

Poorly Designed Vehicle Injures Man

$2.5 MILLION

Worker Killed While Using Defective Equipment

$2.49 MILLION

Settlement in a Product Liability Case.

$2.2 Million

18-Wheeler Wreck, Unborn Fetus Killed (Clarke County)

$2.135 Million

Tortious Interference With Business And Contactual Relationship; Fraud; (Hale County)

$2.1 MILLION

Settlement in a Product Liability Case in Fayette County (Client Suffered Amputation)

$2 MILLION

Drug Using Driver Injures Man (Tuscaloosa County)

$2 MILLION

Coal Miner/Rescue Team Member Badly Burned

$2 MILLION

Settlement Involving 18 Wheeler

$2 MILLION

Settlement for Family of Man Killed in a Workplace Accident

$2 MILLION

Partial Settlement for Occupational Exposure to Toxic Chemicals

$2 Million

Clients Sued For Breach Of Contract, Fraud And Fraudulent Suppression (Pickens County)

$1.95 Million

Wrongful Death: Deceased Was Killed In A Workplace Accident (Hale County)

$1.94 Million

Products Liability Case In Which Client Suffered 2nd And 3rd Degree Burns In An Underground Mining Explosion (U.S. District Court)

$1.9 MILLION

Worker Badly Burned due to Explosion Caused by Defective Product

$1.87 MILLION

Poultry Farmers Denied Insurance Benefits

$1.8 MILLION

Environmental Class Action Against A Neighborhood Polluter

$1.75 MILLION

Medical Negligence - Improper Patient Transport Without Oxygen Leading To Death

$1.75 MILLION

Tractor Trailer Injury after Poor Maintenance

$1.7 MILLION

Settlement of Case Involving 18 Wheeler

$1.65 MILLION

Settlement in a Real Estate Contract Dispute

$1.6 MILLION

Wrongful Death Settlement (Jefferson County)

$1.6 MILLION

Wrongfully Denied Insurance Benefits

$1.55 MILLION

Struck By A Vehicle That Drove Into A Storefront

$1.5 MILLION

Trucking Company Negligent Hiring

$1.5 MILLION

Colbert County trucking death case

$1.5 MILLION

Shareholder’s Agreement Was Not Upheld

$1.5 MILLION

Wrongful Death Involving An Apartment Fire

$1.5 MILLION

Settlement of Lawsuit Involving Client Whose Vehicle Was Struck By A Separated Brake Drum From An 18-Wheeler

$1.5 Million

Product Liability (Hale County)

$1.5 Million

Bad Faith (Pickens County)

$1.45 MILLION

Verdict in Pickens County, Alabama for Fraud, Fraudulent Suppression and Breach of Contract

$1.4 MILLION

Worker Badly Burned due to Explosion Caused by Defective Part

$1.4 MILLION

Trucking Company Fire Kills Man

$1.37 MILLION

Car Wreck Case Which Caused Traumatic Brain Injury

$1.3 MILLION

Speeding Dump Truck Kills Man

$1.25 MILLION

Settlement in Bad Faith Case

$1.1 Million

Breach Of Contract; Bad Faith; Wrongful Denial Of Insurance Benefits (Us District Court Northern District Of Alabama)

$1.1 Million

Wrongful Death That Occurred In Deceased’s Workplace (Putnam County, West Virginia)

$1.1 MILLION

Environmental Settlement (Hale County)

$1.1 MILLION

Settlement in an 18 Wheeler Case

$1.053 MILLION

Settlement in 18 Wheeler Case

$1.05 Million

Wrongful Death: Deceased Personal Representative Sued Trucking Company After Its Driver Ran A Red Light While Speeding, Colliding With Deceased (Colbert County)

$1.01 Million

Wrongful Death Deceased Died In Drowning Accident (Walker County)

$1 MILLION

Settlement for Family of Man Killed at his Workplace

$1 MILLION

Personal Injury Settlement With Evidence of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol

$1 MILLION

Client Seriously Injured When Adverse Driver Ran a Stop Sign

$1 MILLION

Settlement Involving a Workplace Accident Resulting in the Death of Employee

$1 MILLION

Wrongful Death, Pedestrian Struck and Killed

$1 MILLION

Victim of Crash with Speeding Tractor Trailer

$1 MILLION

Settlement for Family of Man Killed by a Commercial Tractor at his Workplace

$999,000

Settlement Involving a Tractor Trailer Running a Red Light

$975,000

Wrongful Death Deceased Died In An Apartment Fire (Bibb County)

$965,000

Settlement in Car Wreck Case

$950,000

Wrongful Positioning of a Patient During Imaging Leading To Death

$940,000

Settlement in Breach of Contract case.

$930,000

Client Severely Injured In Motorcycle Wreck When Adverse Driver Failed To Yield Right Of Way (Dale County)

$927,747

Breach Of Contract, Fraudulent Failure To Pay Claim And Bad Faith Lawsuit Against Insurance Company (Pickens County)

$925,000

Wrongful Death Deceased Was Killed In Accident Due To Improper Maintenance Of The Truck He Was Employed To Drive (Hale County)

$908,087

Wrongful Death Deceased Was Killed In An Automobile Accident By Drunk Driver (Tuscaloosa County)

$900,000

Settlement in Motorcycle Accident.

$875,000

Alabama Farmers Wrongly Denied Insurance Benefits

$850,000

18-Wheeler Accident. Client Was Injured While Working In A Roadway Construction Zone (Us District Court, Northern District Alabama)

$850,000

Wrongful Death. Deceased’s Vehicle Was Struck When Adverse Driver Ran A Red Light (Tuscaloosa County)

$791,601

Client Injured In Automobile Accident Caused By Impaired Adverse Driver Who Crossed The Center Line (Tuscaloosa County)

$775,000

Insurance Agency Breach of Contract

$770,000

Adverse Driver Turned In Front Of Client Causing Serious Injuries (Tuscaloosa County)

$750,000

Personal Injury. Client’s Minor Son Was Injured On Playground Equipment (Greene County)

$750,000

Personal Injury. While Working On A Roof, Client Fell Due To Roof Deck Not Being Properly Connected To Joists (Jefferson County)

$750,000

Claims For Negligent Procurement Of Insurance And Breach Of Contract (Us District Court Northern District Alabama)

$750,000

Bad Faith, Breach Of Contract, Conspiracy; Fraudulent Suppression/ Concealment; Unjust Enrichment Claims Against Insurance Company (Cullman County)

$725,000

Wrongful Death And Personal Injury Claim When Client Was Struck By 18-Wheeler. He Suffered Injuries And His Daughter, A Passenger Was Killed (Tuscaloosa County)

$725,000

Client Seriously Injured In Automobile Wreck When Adverse Driver Failed To Yield The Right Of Way (Tuscaloosa County)

$715,000

Breach Of Contract, Fraud, Bad Faith And Conspiracy Claims Against Insurance Company (Pickens County)

$714,000

Client Severely Injured When Truck And Trailer Rig Ran A Red-Light Colliding With Her Vehicle (Marshall County)

$695,000

Negligence In Mishandling Remains Of Deceased (Walker County)

$650,000

Settlement Involving a Tractor Trailer

$625,000

18-Wheeler Ran a Red Light, Colliding with Client

$600,000

Settlement Involving a Telehandler Loader

$600,000

Client Injured When 18-Wheeler Failed To Yield The Right Of Way (Tuscaloosa County)

$600,000

Settlement For Client Who Was Rear-Ended by Another Automobile

$570,000

Breach Of Contract, Fraud And Fraudulent Inducement, And Suppression Claims Against Vacation Ownership Company (Us District Court Northern District Alabama)

$550,000

Settlement in Toxic Exposure Case.

$550,000

Breach Of Contract And Bad Faith Claims Against Insurance Company Which Wrongfully Denied Benefits (Blount County)

$515,000

Settlement Involving A Bad Wreck, Trapping Driver Inside Their Car

$500,000

Client Injured In An Car Wreck When Adverse Driver Ran Stop Sign And T-Boned Him (Tuscaloosa County)

$500,000

Fraud Settlement Involving Refusing To Pay For Products

$500,000

Pedestrian Hit by Car

$495,000

Settlement in Toxic Exposure Case.

$488,000

Settlement 18 Wheeler Crashed into Convenience Store

$475,000

Insurance Company Denied Benefits. Lawsuit Filed In Pickens County Claiming Breach Of Contract, Bad Faith, Negligent Procurement And Underwriting And Conspiracy

$475,000

Client Sued Driver And Owner Of 18-Wheeler For Injuries Sustained In A Rear-End Collision (Jefferson County)

$470,000

Mold Exposure Case

$468,000

Client Was Injured In A Workplace Accident (Tuscaloosa County)

$455,000

Client Injured When He Was Rear-Ended By 18-Wheeler (Blount County)

$450,000

Client Injured When A Commercial Motor Vehicle Rear-Ended Her (Us District Court, Northern District Of Alabama)

$450,000

Tractor Trailer Rear-Ended Person

$438,000

Judgment In Perry County For Breach Of Contract, Breach Of Fiduciary Relationship, And Unjust Enrichment

$425,000

Client Injured When 18-Wheeler Rear Ended The Vehicle In Which He Was A Passenger (Hale County)

$425,000

Settlement in a Workplace Injury Case Involving Defective Equipment

$400,000

18-Wheeler Rear Ended Client

$400,000

Insurance Company Sued In Blount County For Breach Of Contract, Fraud, Fraudulent Suppression, Conspiracy, Breach Of Fiduciary Duty