Terms Used In Alabama Code 6-3-11

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.

The venue for all civil actions for damages for personal injury, death, or property damage filed against a county or against a municipality shall be in the county or in the county within which the municipality is located or in the county in which the act or omission complained of occurred.