Supreme Court of Alabama Decisions 2018
Opinions 1 - 500 of 740
Date: December 21, 2018
Docket Number: 1170250
Justia Opinion Summary: Somnus Mattress Corporation d/b/a Posturecraft Mattress Company ("Somnus") appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of Stephen Hilson and Crutchfield & Graves Insurance Agency, LLC ("CGIA"), on Somnus's claim that…
Date: December 21, 2018
Docket Number: 1170621
Justia Opinion Summary: The Wilcox County Board of Education ("the Board"); Tyrone Yarbrough, individually and in his official capacity as the superintendent of the Board; and members of the Board Bernard Martin and Lester Turk, individually…
Date: December 21, 2018
Docket Number: 1170818
Justia Opinion Summary: Ace American Insurance Company ("Ace"), an intervenor in the action below, appeals from the Baldwin Circuit Court's dismissal of the action filed by Ace's insured, Willie James Westbrook, against Rouse's Enterprises,…
Date: December 21, 2018
Docket Number: 1171089
Justia Opinion Summary: Mary Chmielewski, as personal representative of the estate of Yvonne Speer Hoover, deceased; Grace Ellis; and Roger Stone petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Baldwin Circuit Court to…
Date: December 21, 2018
Docket Number: 1171102
Justia Opinion Summary: Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. ("MCG"), petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the Jefferson Circuit Court to vacate its July 30, 2018 order denying MCG's motion for a change of venue and to…
Date: December 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1160886
Date: December 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1170152
Justia Opinion Summary: Kathryn Honea purported to appeal a judgment in favor of Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. ("Raymond James"), and Bernard Michaud, an employee of Raymond James (collectively, "RJFS"), in the underlying action…
Date: December 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1170257
Date: December 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1170320
Justia Opinion Summary: Advanced Disposal Services South, LLC; Advanced Disposal Services Alabama Holdings, LLC; Tallassee Waste Disposal Center, Inc.; Advanced Disposal Services, Inc.; and Stone's Throw Landfill, LLC (collectively, "Advanced…
Date: December 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1170513
Date: December 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1170524
Date: December 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1170528
Justia Opinion Summary: The State appealed a circuit court order that, among other things, dismissed its claims against Volkswagen AG ("VWAG"). The State had filed a complaint claiming VWAG and other defendants, violated the Alabama…
Date: December 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1170567
Justia Opinion Summary: Mobile Infirmary Association d/b/a Mobile Infirmary Medical Center ("Mobile Infirmary") filed a petition for a writ of mandamus asking the Alabama Supreme Court to direct the Mobile Circuit Court to vacate paragraph 11…
Date: December 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1170633
Date: December 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1170636
Date: December 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1180089
Date: December 7, 2018
Docket Number: 1170482
Justia Opinion Summary: Hartung Commercial Properties, Inc. ("Hartung"), appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of Buffi's Automotive Equipment and Supply Company, Inc. ("Buffi's Automotive"). Wayne Hartung bought a piece of commercial…
Date: December 7, 2018
Docket Number: 1170525
Date: December 7, 2018
Docket Number: 1170611
Date: December 7, 2018
Docket Number: 1170658
Date: December 7, 2018
Docket Number: 1170836
Date: December 7, 2018
Docket Number: 1180115
Date: November 30, 2018
Docket Number: 1170179
Date: November 30, 2018
Docket Number: 1170515
Justia Opinion Summary: Robert Robinson appealed a circuit court's dismissal of his action against Harrigan Timberlands Limited Partnership ("Harrigan"), Scotch Land Management, LLC ("Scotch"), Fulton Logging Company, LLC ("Fulton"), Black…
Date: November 30, 2018
Docket Number: 1170820
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2017, a vehicle driven by Lisa Huffstutler collided with a tractor-trailer driven by Charles Craig, an employee of Tyson Chicken, Inc. Emergency responders, including state troopers and medical personnel, investigated…
Date: November 21, 2018
Docket Number: 1170253
Justia Opinion Summary: Deborah Barnhart, Brooke Balch, and Vickie Henderson, current and former officers of the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission ("the Commission") petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for mandamus relief. The…
Date: November 16, 2018
Docket Number: 1160045
Date: November 16, 2018
Docket Number: 1160068
Date: November 16, 2018
Docket Number: 1160959
Date: November 16, 2018
Docket Number: 1170162
Date: November 16, 2018
Docket Number: 1170270
Date: November 16, 2018
Docket Number: 1170271
Justia Opinion Summary: In consolidated appeals, Randolph Clay Cooper ("Clay") appealed two summary judgments entered in favor of his siblings, Garland Terrance Cooper ("Terry") and Rebecca Cooper Bonner ("Becky"). Case no. 1170270 concerned a…
Date: November 16, 2018
Docket Number: 1170847
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2014, Jeremy Gowan filed this action against Cavalier Home Builders, LLC, d/b/a Buccaneer Homes ("Buccaneer"), Minton Industries, Inc. ("Minton"), Monster Movers, LLC ("Monster Movers"), Jerry Dudley, and Britt…
Date: November 16, 2018
Docket Number: 1171081
Justia Opinion Summary: Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Co. ("Nationwide") and The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. ("Hartford") petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the Circuit Court to rule…
Date: November 9, 2018
Docket Number: 1170036
Date: November 9, 2018
Docket Number: 1170225
Date: November 9, 2018
Docket Number: 1170267
Date: November 9, 2018
Docket Number: 1170268
Date: November 9, 2018
Docket Number: 1170269
Date: November 9, 2018
Docket Number: 1170295
Date: November 9, 2018
Docket Number: 1170483
Date: November 9, 2018
Docket Number: 1170624
Date: November 9, 2018
Docket Number: 1170877
Date: November 9, 2018
Docket Number: 1171075
Date: November 9, 2018
Docket Number: 1171095
Date: November 2, 2018
Docket Number: 1170696
Justia Opinion Summary: Killian Construction Company ("Killian") and Christian Mills petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the Circuit Court to vacate its order denying their motion to dismiss the underlying…
Date: October 26, 2018
Docket Number: 1160444
Justia Opinion Summary: Eduard Kennedy sued Tomlin Construction, LLC, and its employee, Stuart McQuaid Campbell, Jr., seeking damages for personal injuries Kennedy suffered when the Plymouth Grand Voyager passenger van he was driving collided…
Date: October 26, 2018
Docket Number: 1160641
Justia Opinion Summary: Evangela Skelton ("Angel"), as personal representative of the estate of Brian Lee Skelton, Sr. ("the estate"), requested the Alabama Supreme Court issue a writ of mandamus directing the Circuit Court (1) to vacate its…
Date: October 26, 2018
Docket Number: 1170095
Justia Opinion Summary: The underlying case concerned a dispute between Allen and Nina Kennemer and the Shelby County Board of Equalization as to the assessed value of real property owned by the Kennemers. The Board informed the Kennemers, by…
Date: October 26, 2018
Docket Number: 1170513
Justia Opinion Summary: Sue Shadrick, as personal representative of the estate of William Harold Shadrick ("William"), appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of Wilfredo Grana, M.D. In 2010, William presented to the emergency room…
Date: October 26, 2018
Docket Number: 1170813
Justia Opinion Summary: Mother G.L.C. petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for certiorari review of a court of Civil Appeals judgment that denied her appeal as untimely. C.E.C. III ("the father") filed a petition with the Juvenile Court seeking…
Date: October 26, 2018
Docket Number: 1170879
Justia Opinion Summary: Kimberly Blalock appealed a circuit court order holding Crimson Sutphin was the rightful beneficiary of a policy insuring the life of Loyd Sutphin, Jr. ("Loyd"), issued by New York Life Insurance Company. Loyd took out a…
Date: October 26, 2018
Docket Number: 1170892
Justia Opinion Summary: The Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission ("the Commission") petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for mandamus relief to direct the circuit court to dismiss a complaint against it filed by Bryan…
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number: 1160403
Justia Opinion Summary: Jessie Phillips was sentenced to death for the intentional killing of his wife and their unborn child. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Phillips's conviction but remanded the case for the trial court to address…
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number: 1160886
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number: 1160887
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number: 1160947
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number: 1170385
Justia Opinion Summary: Patricia Campbell appeals from an order of the Mobile Circuit Court adjudicating J.R.C., J.L.C., R.L.C., and J.H.S., minor children, as the heirs of the estate of her son, Remano Campbell. Remano died intestate in…
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number: 1170544
Justia Opinion Summary: William Norvell appealed the grant of summary judgment in an action he filed against his brothers Carter and Samuel Norvell. This case arose from a dispute concerning a transaction in which their mother, Martha, sold…
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number: 1170657
Justia Opinion Summary: Linda Unger, as personal representative of the estate of Marshall Unger ("Unger") deceased, appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P., and its employees, Naomi Phillips (the store…
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number: 1170662
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number: 1161101
Date: October 12, 2018
Docket Number: 1160761
Date: October 12, 2018
Docket Number: 1160797
Date: October 12, 2018
Docket Number: 1161133
Date: October 12, 2018
Docket Number: 1170475
Date: October 12, 2018
Docket Number: 1170477
Date: October 12, 2018
Docket Number: 1170663
Date: October 12, 2018
Docket Number: 1171034
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number: 1170524
Justia Opinion Summary: Rhonda Stephan as the personal representative of the Estate of Bobby Gene Hicks, appealed an order granting a motion to compel arbitration filed by Millennium Nursing and Rehab Center, Inc. Stephan contends that Hicks,…
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number: 1160045
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury entered a verdict against defendant HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Gadsden, LLC in a medical malpractice case brought by plaintiff Regina Honts, as personal representative of the estate of Doris Green.…
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number: 1160068
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number: 1170021
Justia Opinion Summary: Aqua Marine Enterprises, Inc. ("AME"), and AME's chief operating officer and vice president Brent Mitchell appealed a circuit court judgment in favor of K&B Fabricators, Inc. ("K&B"), following a bench trial in a dispute…
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number: 1170234
Justia Opinion Summary: In May 2017, Jerry Tarver, Sr., sued the Utilities Board of the City of Tuskegee ("UBT") and numerous other defendants seeking damages based on alleged exposure to contaminated water purportedly caused by defendants'…
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number: 1170304
Justia Opinion Summary: William Barrett ("Bill") appealed a circuit court order entering summary judgment in favor of George Harvey Barrett ("George") and the trustees of the George Harvey Barrett Trust--Gail Ledbetter Cole Kaphan, Curtis L.…
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number: 1170320
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants collectively referred to as "Advanced Disposal" petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for mandamus relief to direct the circuit court to either join the City of Tallassee as a necessary and indispensable party,…
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number: 1170424
Justia Opinion Summary: The Town of Dauphin Island ("the Town") petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for mandamus relief from a circuit court order denying its motion for summary judgment on recreational-use grounds, and asked for entry of…
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number: 1170565
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants Beverly Burns, Michael Ashley, and Debbie Elrod appealed the denial of their will contest, admitting to probate the will of Rheba Ashley, and issuing letters testamentary to James Ashley. The Alabama Supreme…
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number: 1170592
Justia Opinion Summary: Terri Bargsley filed a negligence and wantonness action against the Birmingham Airport Authority ("the BAA") seeking to recover damages for injuries Bargsley allegedly incurred in a fall at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth…
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number: 1170638
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number: 1170642
Justia Opinion Summary: Teresa Gilland petitioned for a writ of mandamus to direct the trial court to grant her motion to dismiss claims filed against her by Diane McCain on the basis of state-agent immunity. McCain, a resident of Jasper,…
Date: September 21, 2018
Docket Number: 1160850
Justia Opinion Summary: Brian Pipkin appealed a circuit court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Sun State Oil, Inc. on Pipkin's claim of conversion, negligence, and/or wantonness, and trespass with regard to Sun State's removal of…
Date: September 21, 2018
Docket Number: 1160959
Date: September 21, 2018
Docket Number: 1170484
Justia Opinion Summary: GHB Construction and Development Company, Inc. ("GHB"), sued West Alabama Bank and Trust ("WABT") seeking a judgment declaring that its materialman's lien against property owned by Penny Guin was superior to WABT's…
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1160235
Justia Opinion Summary: Reginald Rogers petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari on an issue of first impression: whether the oral-pronouncement rule discussed in Ex parte Kelley, 246 So. 3d 1068 (Ala. 2015), applied where…
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1160856
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1160984
Justia Opinion Summary: Anthony Lane was convicted for felony murder with the predicate offense of first-degree robbery. Although Lane initially lied to police about his involvement in the murder, he eventually told police that he had…
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1161003
Justia Opinion Summary: Dolgencorp, LLC ("Dollar General") filed a petition for a writ of mandamus requesting relief from a discovery order entered by the Tuscaloosa Circuit Court on February 8, 2017. In 2016, Daisy Pearl White Freeman was…
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1161045
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1170198
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1170284
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1170378
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1170392
Justia Opinion Summary: The estate of Ray Wendell Williams appeals a circuit court judgment ordering it to make a monthly payment of $1,000 to Williams's daughter Kimberly Loveless pursuant to a provision in Williams's will directing WTW…
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1170449
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1170483
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1170530
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1170801
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number: 1171000
Date: September 7, 2018
Docket Number: 1151080
Justia Opinion Summary: D.A.R. appealed a circuit court judgment dismissing his complaint against R.E.L., D.H., and R.H. D.A.R., a licensed attorney practicing in Alabama, filed a complaint against R.E.L., D.H., and R.H. R.E.L. was also a…
Date: September 7, 2018
Docket Number: 1170564
Justia Opinion Summary: The petitioner, the estate of Fredrick O'Brian Elliott, deceased, by and through his personal representative, Sonya Windham ("the estate"), filed a petition for a writ of mandamus asking the Alabama Supreme Court to…
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number: 1160958
Justia Opinion Summary: On January 21, 2014, House Bill 331 (H.B. 331) was introduced in the Alabama House of Representatives "to authorize the [Chilton] county commission to levy an additional one cent sales tax which shall be used exclusively…
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number: 1170103
Justia Opinion Summary: Police officer Charday Shavers and the City of Montgomery ("City") petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the Circuit Court to vacate its order denying Shavers and the City's joint motion…
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number: 1170162
Justia Opinion Summary: Bert Nettles appealed summary judgment entered in favor of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, P.C. ("Rumberger") and several attorneys with the firm. This case stemmed from the demise of the law firm of Haskell Slaughter Young…
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number: 1170400
Justia Opinion Summary: The Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners of the City of Mobile ("the Board") petitions the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the Baldwin Circuit Court to transfer the underlying case to the Mobile…
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number: 1170407
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2000, George Martin was convicted of murdering his wife, Hammoleketh. The jury found that Martin killed his wife to collect the proceeds from life-insurance policies he had taken out on her life. The jury recommended…
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number: 1170446
Justia Opinion Summary: Jeffery Duncan pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of marijuana in the second degree, a Class A misdemeanor, and to unlawful possession of a controlled substance, a Class D felony. Before sentencing, Duncan made…
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number: 1170461
Justia Opinion Summary: American Sweeping, Inc. ("ASI"), petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Circuit Court to vacate an order denying its motion to dismiss the claims asserted against it in the underlying…
Date: August 29, 2018
Docket Number: 1161101
Justia Opinion Summary: Portersville Bay Oyster Company, LLC ("the Oyster Company"), and its members, filed suit against 4H Construction Corporation, Greystone Industries, LLC, and Christopher Blankenship, in his official capacity as…
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number: 1150817
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number: 1151269
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number: 1160473
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number: 1160476
Justia Opinion Summary: Ankor Energy, LLC, and Ankor E&P Holdings Corporation (collectively, "Ankor") appealed a circuit court's grant of a motion for a new trial in favor of Jerry Kelly, Kandace Kelly McDaniel, Kelly Properties, LLP, and K&L…
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number: 1160947
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number: 1161041
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number: 1170692
Justia Opinion Summary: Integra LifeSciences Corporation ("Integra") petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for mandamus relief in a suit brought by Tawni Brooks and her husband, Bobby Brooks. In 2014, Brooks underwent a double mastectomy and…
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number: 1170733
Justia Opinion Summary: On January 7, 2018, John Doe, a minor, by and through his mother S.C., filed the underlying action against the Montgomery County Board of Education, seeking compensatory damages and punitive damages arising from an…
Date: August 17, 2018
Docket Number: 1170397
Justia Opinion Summary: Dionntez Byner petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to review the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals' decision to affirm dismissal of his petition for postconviction relief. Byner challenged his…
Date: August 17, 2018
Docket Number: 1170638
Justia Opinion Summary: Seven members of the Supreme Court of Alabama, including the Chief Justice, recused themselves from consideration of all matters related to this mandamus petition pursuant to Canon 3.C of the Alabama Canons of Judicial…
Date: August 10, 2018
Docket Number: 1160569
Date: August 10, 2018
Docket Number: 1160761
Date: August 10, 2018
Docket Number: 1160797
Date: August 10, 2018
Docket Number: 1161031
Date: August 10, 2018
Docket Number: 1161066
Date: August 10, 2018
Docket Number: 1161092
Date: August 10, 2018
Docket Number: 1170556
Date: August 10, 2018
Docket Number: 1170663
Date: August 10, 2018
Docket Number: 1170698
Date: August 10, 2018
Docket Number: 1170800
Date: July 27, 2018
Docket Number: 1160659
Date: July 27, 2018
Docket Number: 1160726
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Aurora Healthcare, Inc., and Aurora Cares, LLC, d/b/a Tara Cares (referred to collectively as "Aurora"), and Birmingham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center East, LLC ("Birmingham East") appealed a circuit court…
Date: July 27, 2018
Docket Number: 1160887
Justia Opinion Summary: CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc. ("CGI"), and Clinton Carter, in his capacity as Director of the Alabama Department of Finance, separately petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus directing the…
Date: July 27, 2018
Docket Number: 1170209
Justia Opinion Summary: Charlotte Harbin appealed a circuit court judgment in favor of defendants-appellees Glenn Estess, Jr., as personal representative of the estate of Lecil V. Thomas; Richard Thomas; and Roger Thomas. Lecil and Tommie…
Date: July 13, 2018
Docket Number: 1170180
Date: July 13, 2018
Docket Number: 1170198
Date: July 13, 2018
Docket Number: 1170203
Date: July 13, 2018
Docket Number: 1170284
Date: July 13, 2018
Docket Number: 1170451
Date: July 13, 2018
Docket Number: 1170530
Date: June 29, 2018
Docket Number: 1160339
Justia Opinion Summary: DISA Industries, Inc. ("DISA"), appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Gregory Bell awarding $500,000 in compensatory damages. Bell sued DISA, Union Foundry Company ("Union Foundry"), and Duca…
Date: June 29, 2018
Docket Number: 1170165
Justia Opinion Summary: Numerous plaintiffs filed a wrongful death action under section 6-5-410, Ala. Code 1975, against Continental Motors, Inc. ("CMI"), and RAM Aircraft, LP ("RAM"), among others, on behalf of the heirs of Mark Goldstein,…
Date: June 28, 2018
Docket Number: 1161168
Justia Opinion Summary: The Utilities Board of the City of Foley, Alabama, d/b/a Riviera Utilities ("Riviera Utilities"), and Tom DeBell, James Wallace, Kevin Saucier, and Roby Tomlin (collectively, "the Riviera employees") were defendants in a…
Date: June 22, 2018
Docket Number: 1161125
Date: June 22, 2018
Docket Number: 1170017
Justia Opinion Summary: On or about March 22, 2016, Carrie Cabri Witt, a school employee, was arrested and charged with engaging in sex acts with students who were under the age of 19 years. At that time, she was also placed on paid…
Date: June 22, 2018
Docket Number: 1170050
Justia Opinion Summary: Consolidated Pipe filed the underlying action against The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company ("Ohio Casualty"), Bolt Construction & Excavating, LLC ("Bolt Construction"), and Michael Bolt (collectively, defendants). The…
Date: June 22, 2018
Docket Number: 1170054
Justia Opinion Summary: On October 8, 2016, Rita Kay filed a complaint against "Brookwood Baptist Health LLC" and fictitiously named defendants pursuant to the Alabama Medical Liability Act, based on injuries she allegedly suffered at the hands…
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 1160654
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 1160982
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 1170042
Justia Opinion Summary: Following the death of Sara Dees in February 2013, her nephew Franklin Stephens produced a will executed by Dees in September 2012 in which she bequeathed to him the vast majority of her estate. Dees's sister, Hazel…
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 1170143
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs Jimmy Larry Beddingfield ("Larry"), his wife, Rebecca, and their adult son, James Cody Beddingfield ("Cody") appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants Mullins Insurance Company, Mullins…
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 1170155
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 1170156
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 1170263
Justia Opinion Summary: Philip Richardson filed a complaint against Ben Chambless ("Ben"), Alaspec Residential Inspections, LLC, and Good Cents Home Inspections & Energy Management, LLC, in which he requested a jury trial on multiple claims…
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 1170315
Justia Opinion Summary: G.R.L.C. Trust, formed under the laws of Texas, appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of Garrison Decatur Crossings, LLC ("Garrison Decatur"), in Garrison Decatur's action for a judgment declaring the need for…
Date: June 8, 2018
Docket Number: 1160837
Date: June 8, 2018
Docket Number: 1161041
Date: June 8, 2018
Docket Number: 1161117
Date: June 8, 2018
Docket Number: 1161135
Date: June 1, 2018
Docket Number: 1170723
Justia Opinion Summary: William Veitch was a Republican candidate for district attorney for the 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama. His request for a declaration was denied, and he petitioned for a writ of mandamus when the trial court refused to…
Date: May 25, 2018
Docket Numbers: 1160731, 1160815
Justia Opinion Summary: In consolidated petitions, defendant Mobile Infirmary Medical Center ("MIMC") sought a writ of mandamus to direct the Mobile Circuit Court to vacate portions of its May 5, 2017, discovery orders. More specifically, in…
Date: May 25, 2018
Docket Number: 1160815
Date: May 25, 2018
Docket Number: 1170559
Date: May 18, 2018
Docket Number: 1151117
Justia Opinion Summary: Baptist Health System, Inc., d/b/a Walker Baptist Medical Center ("WBMC"), appealed a circuit court's denial of its postjudgment motion seeking relief from the judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Armando Cantu…
Date: May 18, 2018
Docket Number: 1161167
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Mark Price d/b/a J&M Movers ("J&M") filed a petition for a writ of mandamus with the Alabama Supreme Court requesting the Perry Circuit Court to vacate its order granting a motion for relief from judgment filed…
Date: May 18, 2018
Docket Number: 1170142
Justia Opinion Summary: Joshua Ward petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Shelby Circuit Court to vacate its October 7, 2017, order setting aside a default judgment entered against Johnathan Motors, LLC, and…
Date: May 18, 2018
Docket Number: 1170183
Justia Opinion Summary: The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama ("the Board") petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Jefferson Circuit Court to dismiss for lack of subject- matter jurisdiction,…
Date: May 18, 2018
Docket Number: 1170216
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants the Alabama Secretary of State, John Merrill, and a member of his staff, Ed Packard, the director of elections, petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the Montgomery Circuit…
Date: May 18, 2018
Docket Number: 1170347
Justia Opinion Summary: Albert Daniels petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus compelling the Barbour Circuit Court to vacate its order severing and staying Daniels's claims against defendants Joseph Morris, Tracy Cary, and…
Date: May 11, 2018
Docket Number: 1160569
Date: May 11, 2018
Docket Number: 1160877
Date: May 11, 2018
Docket Number: 1160997
Date: May 11, 2018
Docket Number: 1161012
Date: May 11, 2018
Docket Number: 1161066
Date: May 11, 2018
Docket Number: 1170115
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Andre Barnwell appealed the grant of summary judgment entered in favor of CLP Corporation ("CLP"), the defendant below. In a previous review, the Alabama Supreme Court reversed a summary judgment entered in…
Date: May 11, 2018
Docket Number: 1170348
Date: May 4, 2018
Docket Number: 1160465
Justia Opinion Summary: This wrongful-death action was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of "all defendants," which included the entity that operates Bullock County Hospital, ERMDS, LLC, and the estate of Dr. Ireneo Domingo,…
Date: May 4, 2018
Docket Number: 1161099
Justia Opinion Summary: Warrior Met Coal, LLC sued Eickhoff Corporation alleging certain pieces of heavy mining equipment Eickhoff had manufactured and sold to Warrior Coal were defective. Eickhoff subsequently moved the trial court to compel…
Date: May 4, 2018
Docket Number: 1161118
Justia Opinion Summary: Fred W. Suggs, Jr., as personal representative of the Estate of Frances W. Gray, deceased, appealed a circuit court order denying his Rule 60(b), Ala. R. Civ. P., motion for relief from judgments entered by the circuit…
Date: May 4, 2018
Docket Number: 1170559
Justia Opinion Summary: Ed Richardson and Reginald Eggleston, individually and in their official capacities as interim superintendent of the Alabama Department of Education and chief administrative officer of the Alabama State Board of…
Date: April 27, 2018
Docket Number: 1160683
Justia Opinion Summary: Dr. Tara Lynd, M.D. appealed the grant of summary judgment entered in favor of Marshall County Pediatrics, P.C. ("MCP"), in her action seeking a judgment declaring the proper valuation of her shares in MCP. In July 1978,…
Date: April 27, 2018
Docket Number: 1170057
Justia Opinion Summary: Homer Watson, as personal representative of the estate of Mary Fejeran, deceased, appealed the grant of summary judgment in a wrongful death action in favor of defendants the University of Alabama Health Services…
Date: April 27, 2018
Docket Number: 1170458
Justia Opinion Summary: International Paper Company and three employees (Janet Pridgeon, Joni Harris, and Shawn Blenis) sought a writ of mandamus directing the Wilcox Circuit Court to rule upon a pending motion to dismiss a case against them…
Date: April 20, 2018
Docket Number: 1160832
Date: April 20, 2018
Docket Number: 1161145
Justia Opinion Summary: Paul Irwin, Jr., appealed a final judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court dismissing his claim for injunctive relief against the Jefferson County Personnel Board ("the Board") and the City of Trussville ("Trussville").…
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