Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-5-571 (2026)
Short Title.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This article may be cited and known as “The Alabama Legal Services Liability Act.”
(Acts 1988, No. 88-262, p. 406, §2.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1999–2018 · leading case: Ex Parte Panell, 756 So. 2d 862 (Ala. 1999).
Ex Parte Panell, 756 So. 2d 862 (Ala. 1999). “David Panell filed this legal-malpractice action under the Alabama Legal Services Liability Act ("ALSLA"), Ala.Code 1975, § 6-5-571 through § 6-5-581, against Kent Henslee, an attorney who had represented Panell in a lawsuit arising out of a dispute concerning the operation of a…”
Guyton v. Hunt, 61 So. 3d 1085 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “The Alabama Legal Services Liability Act (“ALSLA”), §§ 6-5-571 et seq., Ala. Code 1975, provides that “there shall be only one form and cause of action against legal service providers in courts in the State of Alabama and it shall be known as the legal service liability action…”
Daniels v. Morris, Cary, Andrews, Talmadge & Driggers, LLC (In re Daniels), 264 So. 3d 865 (Ala. 2018). “" On October 10, 2017, the Morris defendants filed a motion to sever the claims against them from the claims against Johnson and to stay the proceedings on the ground that a provision of the Alabama Legal Services Liability Act, § 6-5-571 et seq., Ala. Code 1975 ("the ALSLA"),…”
Daniels v. Morris, Cary, Andrews, Talmadge & Driggers, LLC (In re Daniels), 264 So. 3d 865 (Ala. 2018). “" On October 10, 2017, the Morris defendants filed a motion to sever the claims against them from the claims against Johnson and to stay the proceedings on the ground that a provision of the Alabama Legal Services Liability Act, § 6-5-571 et seq., Ala. Code 1975 ("the ALSLA"),…”
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