Supreme Court of Alabama Decisions 2019

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Ex parte Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation et al.
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1170864
Ex parte Milliken & Company.
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1170887
Ex parte Textile Rubber and Chemical Company, Inc.
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1170894
Ex parte Avan Baggett and Michael Wade Hogeland.
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1171028
Ex parte Mohawk Industries, Inc., et al.
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1171182
Ex parte Dorsett Industries, Inc.
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1171196
Ex parte Indian Summer Carpet Mills, Inc.
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1171197
Ex parte Oriental Weavers USA, Inc.
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1171198
Ex parte Kaleen Rugs, Inc.  
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Numbers: 1171199, 1170864, 1170887, 1170894, 1171182, 1171196, 1171197, 1171198

Justia Opinion Summary: Mandamus petitions before the Alabama Supreme Court presented a question of whether the Cherokee Circuit Court and the Etowah Circuit Court (collectively, "the trial courts") could properly exercise personal jurisdiction…

Nichols v. Tennessee Valley OB/GYN Clinic, P.C.
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1180156
Hilda Vinson v. J.L. Meaher & Associates, Inc., et al.
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1180246
Ex parte Michael Wade Hogeland, Robert Miller, Vanna Trott.  
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Numbers: 1180360, 1171028

Justia Opinion Summary: Consolidated petitions for a writ of mandamus required the Alabama Supreme Court to consider the objections of four nonparty witnesses to subpoenas issued by the Utilities Board of the City of Daphne ("Daphne…

DeVos v. Cunningham Group, LLC  
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1180434

Justia Opinion Summary: William DeVos, M.D., and Donald Simmons, M.D. (collectively, "the doctors"), appealed a preliminary injunction entered in an action filed against them by The Cunningham Group, LLC, and Cunningham Pathology, LLC. The…

State ex rel. Williams-Scott v. Penny  
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1180700

Justia Opinion Summary: The State of Alabama, on the relation of Shirley Williams-Scott, appealed a circuit court order denying Williams-Scott's petition for a writ of quo warranto seeking to declare that Eddie Penny did not hold office as the…

Ex parte Erica Rae Fox.
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1180913
Ex parte Steven M. Bailey.
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1190023
Robert L. Vaughn Jr. aka Judson Vaughn v. William O. Bray, et al.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1171207
Ex parte Valley National Bank.  
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180055

Justia Opinion Summary: Valley National Bank ("VNB") petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct directing the trial court to dismiss a declaratory-judgment action filed against VNB by Jesse Blount, Wilson Blount, and…

Homer L. Watson v. S. Shay Samples, et al.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180090
James Michael Blair and James Brandon Blair v. Stephen R. Blair
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180452
Tiffany Evans v. Prabhakara Ravi, M.D.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180594
Roxanne Castille v. Shane Campbell
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180767
Marcus O. Taite v. Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180825
Ex parte Jarvis Jamal Jackson.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180883
Ex parte Trolando Jebron Watkins Sr.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180912
Ex parte Byron Walker.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180941
Ex parte Todd Edward Walker.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180959
Ex parte Patricia D. Snell and Century 21 Patty Snell and Associates.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180972
Ex parte Hadi Store, LLC.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1181006
Ex parte T.P.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1181008
Ex parte T.P.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1181009
Ex parte Nathan Tillman.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1181028
Ex parte Daniel R. Garrick.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1181045
Ex parte G. M.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1181057
Ex parte Motis Wright.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1181058
Ex parte T.N. n/k/a T.N.G.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1181068
Ex parte T.N. n/k/a T.N.G.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1181070
Ex parte T.N. n/k/a T.N.G.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1181071
Ex parte Abasi Nyree Shabazz.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1181088
Ex parte William C. Elliott.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1190020
Ex parte James Glendon Burleson, Jr.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1190032
Ex parte Patricia Diana Fryer.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1190045
Ex parte Christopher A. Franks.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1190047
Ex parte Christopher A. Franks.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1190049
Ex parte Gregory Dustin Killen.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1190050
Ex parte Misty Dawn Kennedy.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1190051
Ex parte Loretta Brown Painter.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1190052
Ex parte Sean Tyson Woods.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1190053
Ex parte Jasmine Summer Martinez.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1190054
Ex parte Gary George.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1190056
Ex parte Joseph Hunt Booth, Jr.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1190057
Ex parte Antonio Nichols.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1190068
Ex parte Charles Todd Henderson.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1190094
Ex parte B. J. S.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1190115
Ex parte Raymond Lee Pope.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1190125
Ex parte S. M.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1190128
Ex parte Jerry Dewayne Wood.
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1190132
City of Daphne v. Fannon  
Date: December 6, 2019
Docket Number: 1180109

Justia Opinion Summary: The City of Daphne ("the City") appealed a circuit court judgment entered in favor of David and Sarah Fannon, in an action seeking damages pursuant to section 235, Ala. Const. 1901, for the taking of, injury to, or…

Ex parte Sonia Blunt.  
Date: December 6, 2019
Docket Number: 1180372

Justia Opinion Summary: Sonia Blunt, a teacher in the Tuscaloosa City Schools system ("TCS"), petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the Tuscaloosa Circuit Court to enter a summary judgment in her favor on the…

Ex parte Burkes Mechanical, Inc.  
Date: December 6, 2019
Docket Number: 1180402

Justia Opinion Summary: Burkes Mechanical, Inc. petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct a trial court to vacate its order denying Burkes's motion to dismiss claims of negligence, wantonness, and the tort of outrage…

Ex parte Chris W. Hayslip.  
Date: December 6, 2019
Docket Number: 1180604

Justia Opinion Summary: Luther Pate IV and New Pate, LLC, filed suit against Chris Hayslip, among others, seeking indemnity and to set aside a particular transfer of funds as fraudulent. Hayslip filed a motion to dismiss Pate and New Pate's…

Ex parte Liberty National Life Insurance Company and Marcus Rich.  
Date: December 6, 2019
Docket Number: 1180693

Justia Opinion Summary: Liberty National Life Insurance Company and Marcus Rich sought mandamus relief to direct the Montgomery Circuit Court ("the trial court") to vacate its order denying their motions to transfer an action filed against them…

Ex parte Tim Tucker.  
Date: December 6, 2019
Docket Number: 1180773

Justia Opinion Summary: Tim Tucker petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the Baldwin Circuit Court to vacate its order denying his summary-judgment motion in which he contended he was entitled to State-agent…

City of Wetumpka v. Alabama Power Company  
Date: November 27, 2019
Docket Number: 1170992

Justia Opinion Summary: The City of Wetumpka sued Alabama Power Company because Alabama Power refused to relocate overhead electrical facilities located within the City's downtown area at the power company's expense. The circuit court dismissed…

Ex parte Dow Corning Alabama, Inc., et al.  
Date: November 27, 2019
Docket Number: 1171118

Justia Opinion Summary: Dow Corning Corporation, Dow Corning Alabama, Inc., Rajesh Mahadasyam, Fred McNett, Zurich American Insurance Company, and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court…

Ex parte Jaron Antonio Townsend.
Date: November 27, 2019
Docket Number: 1180080
Alabama v. City of Birmingham  
Date: November 27, 2019
Docket Number: 1180342

Justia Opinion Summary: The State of Alabama appealed a circuit court judgment entered in favor of the City of Birmingham and its mayor, Randall Woodfin. The State sued the City claiming the mayor violated the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act…

Ali v. Williamson  
Date: November 22, 2019
Docket Number: 1170896

Justia Opinion Summary: This case challenged a circuit court default judgment against Muhammad Wasim Sadiq Ali and others in favor of Mike Williamson after a case ordered to private arbitration was remanded to the trial court. Williamson,…

Devine v. Bank of New York Mellon Company  
Date: November 22, 2019
Docket Number: 1171002

Justia Opinion Summary: Patricia Devine sued to invalidate a foreclosure sale that divested her interest in a property located in Elberta, Alabama. The trial court explained that the foreclosure was lawful and that Devine's lawsuit was, in any…

Woodruff Brokerage Company, Inc. v. Beatty  
Date: November 22, 2019
Docket Number: 1180349

Justia Opinion Summary: Woodruff Brokerage Company, Inc., the remaining defendant in this case, appealed the trial court's denial of its motion to set aside the default judgment entered in favor of plaintiff Patricia Beatty. Beatty sued…

Moore v. Estate of Moore  
Date: November 22, 2019
Docket Number: 1180482

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Beulah Jean James Moore ("Beulah") appealed the grant of summary judgment entered in favor of plaintiff Billy Edward Moore ("Billy"), individually and as executor of the estate of his brother and Beulah's…

Ex parte Trinity Property Consultants, LLC.
Date: November 22, 2019
Docket Number: 1180642
Ex parte Charles Stroud Bittick.
Date: November 22, 2019
Docket Number: 1181011
Ex parte Road Gear Truck Equipment, LLC.  
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1170238

Justia Opinion Summary: Road Gear Truck Equipment, LLC ("Road Gear"), a corporation based in Franklin County, petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Marshall Circuit Court to vacate its order denying Road Gear's motion to…

Ex parte Kristi Kelley.  
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Numbers: 1170988, 1190995

Justia Opinion Summary: This case addressed whether a foster-care provider and a caseworker for the Department of Human Resources ("DHR") were immune from liability. Arnold Curry filed this wrongful-death action against Becky Van Gilder, a…

Ex parte Becky Van Gilder.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1170995
Roger William Watts and Roberta Watts v. BBVA/ Compass Bank
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180041
Darla Hudson v. Melonie Sandlin et al.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180142
Charmane G. Garland v. Diane D. Young
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180388
Husain Abdulla v. Bumpers Oil Company, LLC
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180389
Russell County, Alabama v. Phenix City, Alabama, et al.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180466
The Russell County Water Authority et al. v. City of Phenix City et al.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180467
John Samuel Gurtler v. City of Boaz, Alabama
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180565
Dry Ice Blasting Services, Inc. v. Henry C. Dailey et al.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180569
S.B. v. Monument of Love Christian Life Ministry, Inc.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180601
Professional Parkway Properties, LLC v. Bay Point Management Group, LLC
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180701
Ex parte C.R.H.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180706
Ex parte International Paper Company.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180847
Ex parte James White.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180851
Ex parte T. C. S.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180882
Ex parte Tyrome Brown.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180884
Ex parte Gary Lavon Davis.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180949
Ex parte Juan Ruffin Daniels.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1181012
Ex parte Brandon Hurst.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1181024
Ex parte Alejandros Castaneda.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1181033
Ex parte Cortez Ocie Mitchell.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1181037
Ex parte Lance Lavon Powell.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1181059
Ex parte Demetrius Lamar Dixon.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1181063
Ex parte Vertis Anthony.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1181077
Ex parte Gregory Baskin.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1181083
Ex parte Aubrey Allen Rosson.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1181085
Ex parte Curtis LeKelvin Robinson.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1181086
Ex parte Kameron Deandre David.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1181087
Ex parte Cytrus Lyjour Rudolph, Jr.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1190009
Ex parte Eric Lenell Johnson.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1190013
Ex parte Julius Cornilius Tolbert.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1190014
Ex parte Xstavion J. Brockton.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1190021
Ex parte T.S. and A.S.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1190022
Ex parte Theophylus Battle.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1190039
Ex parte Milton Leon Hambright.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1190041
Ex parte J.D.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1190058
Ex parte J.D.
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1190059
Ex parte Ultratec Special Effects, Inc.
Date: November 8, 2019
Docket Number: 1180180
Ex parte Ultratec Special Effects, Inc.  
Date: November 8, 2019
Docket Number: 1180183

Justia Opinion Summary: Ultratec Special Effects, Inc. ("Ultratec"), filed two petitions for mandamus relief from the Alabama Supreme Court, to get the trial court to vacate its October 25, 2018 order denying Ultratec's motion for a summary…

Ex parte Allstate Insurance Company.  
Date: November 8, 2019
Docket Number: 1180624

Justia Opinion Summary: Allstate Insurance Company ("Allstate") petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the Perry Circuit Court ("the trial court") to vacate its order denying Allstate's motion to transfer an…

LNM1, LLC, and Mohamed Alsahqani v. TP Properties, LLC  
Date: November 1, 2019
Docket Number: 1170708

Justia Opinion Summary: Since November 2012, LNM1, LLC, operated a gasoline station and convenience store in Greensboro, Alabama under a lease agreement with the owner of the property, TP Properties, LLC. In August 2017, TP Properties sued LNM1…

Cowart v. GEICO Casualty Company  
Date: October 25, 2019
Docket Number: 1171126

Justia Opinion Summary: Zachariah Cowart ("Zachariah") accidentally ran over his wife Misty Cowart ("Misty"). Misty was partially compensated for her injuries under one provision of her automobile-insurance policy, and she sought to use the…

Magic City Capital, LLC v. Twickenham Place Partners, LLC  
Date: October 25, 2019
Docket Number: 1180215

Justia Opinion Summary: Magic City Capital, LLC ("Magic City"), appealed the grant of summary judgment entered by the Madison Circuit Court in favor of Twickenham Place Partners, LLC ("Twickenham"). Because the Alabama Supreme Court determined…

Melton v. Bowie, et al.  
Date: October 25, 2019
Docket Number: 1180324

Justia Opinion Summary: Darrio Melton, as mayor of the City of Selma ("the city"), appealed a judgment entered in favor of the members of the Selma City Council. In September 2018, the council adopted Ordinance No. O108-17/18 giving the council…

Forest Laboratories, LLC v. Feheley, Sr.  
Date: October 25, 2019
Docket Number: 1180387

Justia Opinion Summary: Forest Laboratories, LLC ("Forest"), filed a permissive appeal pursuant to Rule 5, Ala. R. App. P., of an Alabama circuit court's order denying it summary judgment. Forest manufactured and marketed Lexapro, a drug…

Ex parte CityR Eagle Landing, LLC  
Date: October 25, 2019
Docket Number: 1180630

Justia Opinion Summary: CityR Eagle Landing, LLC ("CityR"), and Foresite Realty Management, LLC ("Foresite"), petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the Montgomery Circuit Court to vacate its order appointing Kia…

Ex parte D. P. T.  
Date: October 25, 2019
Docket Number: 1180774

Justia Opinion Summary: D.P.T. sought a writ of mandamus to direct the Circuit Court to rescind a discovery order that, D.P.T. asserted, required him to execute written authorizations allowing the respondents, D.P.T.'s insurers--United States…

Ex parte Murilene Antoinette Ferguson.
Date: October 25, 2019
Docket Number: 1180910
Recherche, LLC v. Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation  
Date: October 18, 2019
Docket Number: 1171144

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal involved the interpretation of the patronage-refund requirements imposed on electric cooperatives by 37-6-20, Ala. Code 1975. Recherche, LLC, individually and on behalf of all other current and former members…

SAI Montgomery BCH, LLC v. Williams  
Date: October 18, 2019
Docket Number: 1180220

Justia Opinion Summary: SAI Montgomery BCH, LLC, d/b/a Classic Cadillac and Andrew Harper, general manager for Cadillac appealed a trial court order denying their motions to compel arbitration. The matter arose over a lease agreement. Customers…

City of Gulf Shores v. D. Kay Meador
Date: October 18, 2019
Docket Number: 1180257
Norwood v. Barclay  
Date: October 18, 2019
Docket Number: 1180281

Justia Opinion Summary: Regina Norwood and Rita Patelliro appealed a probate court order. Josephine Mary Damico ("the testator") executed a will, devising the entirety of her estate to her sister, Sarah Frances Cox. The testator expressly…

Ex parte Eddie Daniels.
Date: October 18, 2019
Docket Number: 1180636
Courtyard Manor Homeowners' Association, Inc. v. City of Pelham  
Date: October 18, 2019
Docket Number: 1180683

Justia Opinion Summary: Courtyard Manor Homeowners' Association, Inc. ("Courtyard Manor") appealed dismissal of its complaint against the City of Pelham. In August 2018, Courtyard Manor filed a complaint against the City after the City failed…

Ex parte State of Alabama.
Date: October 18, 2019
Docket Number: 1180727
Shirley Harrison v. Poly-America
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180465
Ex parte Christopher Wayne Mills.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180771
Ex parte Kimberly Ann Wilson.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180806
Ex parte B. T. D.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180807
Ex parte Michael Stovall.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180849
Ex parte Demetrius Parks, et al.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180892
Ex parte William James Ray Kimbrough.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180906
Ex parte Darrayl M. McDowell.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180938
Ex parte Robert Shannon Carswell.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180953
Ex parte Yonis Francis Monge.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180955
Ex parte Donald Bishop.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180960
Ex parte Samuel Lanier.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180962
Ex parte Aloysius Thaddeus Henry.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180963
Ex parte Roger Douglas Sanderson, Jr.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180967
Ex parte Carrell Kristopher Young.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180968
Ex parte Christopher Eric Sward.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180973
Ex parte Demarvious Gibson.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180977
Ex parte David Thomas Harrison.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180980
Ex parte Travone Williams.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180982
Ex parte Willie Joe Minor.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1180992
Ex parte Ozzy Vandell Osborne.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1181005
Ex parte Angela Carnley Dewrell.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1181026
Ex parte Andrew Wayne Martin.
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1181042
Ex parte S. Mark Booth.  
Date: September 30, 2019
Docket Number: 1171194

Justia Opinion Summary: S. Mark Booth petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus directing the the trial court to dismiss an action filed against him by the City of Guin. In 2008, Booth and the City entered into a contract…

Patel v. Shah  
Date: September 30, 2019
Docket Number: 1180012

Justia Opinion Summary: Dahyalal Patel filed an action seeking to enforce his ownership rights as a shareholder in Subway No. 43092, Inc. ("the corporation"), against shareholder Ashish Shah ("Shah"), Shah's father, Ramesh Shah ("Ramesh"); and…

Honorable Elizabeth A. Starrs, Judge Omid Shekarchian and Nationwide Telecom US Corp, a Colorado corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Maxx Auto Recovery, Inc., Defendant-Appellant. JUDGMENT AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND CASE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS Division IV Opinion by JUDGE HARRIS Hawthorne and Fox, JJ., concur Announced April 25, 2019 DLG Law Group LLC, Michael J. Davis, Cassandra S. Wich, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Elkus & Sisson, P.C., Reid J. Elkus, Lucas Lorenz, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant
Date: September 30, 2019
Docket Number: 30557
McKenzie v. Janssen Biotech, Inc.  
Date: September 27, 2019
Docket Number: 1170787

Justia Opinion Summary: In July 2012, Dr. William Sullivan prescribed Remicade, a medication manufactured by Janssen Biotech, Inc. ("JBI"), to Tim McKenzie as a treatment for Tim's psoriatic arthritis. Tim thereafter received Remicade…

Ex parte City of Tuskegee.  
Date: September 27, 2019
Docket Number: 1180474

Justia Opinion Summary: The City of Tuskegee ("the City") petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the trial court to vacate its order denying the City's motion for a summary judgment as to negligent inspection and…

Ex parte Taurus Jermaine Carroll.
Date: September 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1170575
Wiggins v. City of Evergreen  
Date: September 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1170833

Justia Opinion Summary: The City of Evergreen, Alabama ("the City") terminated the employment of Helen Wiggins, a warrant clerk and magistrate, after the Evergreen City Council ("the Council") accepted the recommendation of the City's mayor…

Imperial Aluminum, LLC v. Taylor  
Date: September 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1171133

Justia Opinion Summary: Tyler Taylor injured his right index finger while in the line and scope of employment with Imperial Aluminum-Scottsboro, LLC ("Imperial"). The issue this case presented for the Alabama Supreme Court's review centered on…

Zieman v. Zieman Speegle, LLC  
Date: September 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1180196

Justia Opinion Summary: Jerome Speegle and Anthony Hoffman, two members of Zieman Speegle, LLC, a law firm based in Mobile, petitioned for approval of dissolution of the firm. Thomas Zieman, Jr., previously a member of the law firm, appeared in…

Elizabeth Zimmerman v. DealNews.com, Inc.
Date: September 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1180344
Ex parte Cenlar, F.S.B; Federal National Mortgage Association, et al.
Date: September 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1180589
Ex parte Bobbie Jean Taylor.
Date: September 20, 2019
Docket Number: 1180879
Regions Bank v. Windham Pittman et al.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1170498
Elliott Law Firm Group, P.A. v. Five Star Credit Union  
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1170922

Justia Opinion Summary: Five Star Credit Union ("Five Star") attempted for over a decade to collect a debt owed by William Elliott. Five Star obtained a judgment against Elliott in 2011, but he never paid. In 2017, Five Star sought to garnish…

Belle v. Goldasich, Jr., et al.  
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1171001

Justia Opinion Summary: Antoinette Belle, as personal representative of the estate of Edith Mitchell, deceased, sued various health-care providers that treated Mitchell while she was hospitalized in April 2009. Belle eventually reached…

Janay Wright v. Ivory Sanders, Angelnette Sloan and MNP Holdings
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1171155
Janay Wright v. Ivory Sanders, Angelnette Sloan and MNP Holdings
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1171159
Ex parte KKE, LLC  
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180074

Justia Opinion Summary: Ronny Sanders and his employer KKE, LLC, sought to transfer a wrongful-death case filed against them in Bibb County, Alabama to Chilton County, where the automobile accident giving rise to the case occurred. KKE was a…

Darla Hudson v. Melonie Sandlin et al.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180142
James Michael Blair and James Brandon Blair v. Stephen R. Blair
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180452
Morgan Murphy v. Marjorie Forney
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180478
Luther S. Pate IV v. Warner Lodge, LLC
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180489
Meg M. Jamison v. BBH BMC, LLC, d/b/a Brookwood Baptist Medical Center
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180537
Ex parte Reed.  
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180564

Justia Opinion Summary: Dara Myelia Reed petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Jefferson Circuit Court to vacate its order denying Reed's motion for a change of venue and to enter an order transferring the…

Monica Agee v. Diana M. Williams, Randy W. Williams, and Kara Co., LLC
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180568
Ex parte James E. Dean.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180590
Ex parte Larry Wayne Garrett.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180598
Ex parte T.M.W.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180666
Ex parte Christopher E. Rose.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180733
Ex parte Ryan Anthony Brocato.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180754
Ex parte Irilmoskomazzerella Washington.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180756
Ex parte Christopher Michael Thrasher.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180810
Ex parte M.S.L. and B.C.K.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180827
Ex parte A.B.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180835
Ex parte Willie James Dickerson.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180844
Ex parte Joy Carty.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180853
Ex parte S.L.S.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180856
Ex parte Frederick Matthews.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180857
Ex parte Eugene Duyant Kelly.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180860
Ex parte S.L.S.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180861
Ex parte James Thomas Stimpson.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180864
Ex parte Christopher Lee.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180872
Ex parte Connis Mitchell.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180874
Ex parte Malcom The Otis Hunter.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180881
Ex parte Tony Lee Smith.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180886
Ex parte P. C.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180890
Ex parte Dana Kay Gray.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180893
Ex parte Carlos Hernandez.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180902
Ex parte Shannon Scott and Joanne Scott.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180924
Ex parte Lebaron L. Carty.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180937
Ex parte Sherry Keeton.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180950
Ex parte Eric Lamont Coleman.
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 1180952
Startley General Contractors, Inc. v. Water Works Board of the City of Birmingham et al.  
Date: September 6, 2019
Docket Number: 1180292

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs Startley General Contractors, Inc. ("Startley"), and Mandy Powrzanas, appealed the denial of their renewed motion to have Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Robert Vance, Jr. recuse himself from the underlying…

Blanks et al. v. TDS Telecommunications LLC  
Date: September 6, 2019
Docket Number: 1180311

Justia Opinion Summary: Jason Blanks, Peggy Manley, Kimberly Lee, Nancy Watkins, Randall Smith, Trenton Norton, Earl Kelly, Jennifer Scott, and Alyshia Kilgore (referred to collectively as "the customers") appealed the denial of a motion to…

Ex parte Trinity Property Consultants, LLC.  
Date: August 30, 2019
Docket Number: 1180642

Justia Opinion Summary: Trinity Property Consultants, LLC ("Trinity Property"), petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals holding that Trinity Property failed to meet its…

Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. The David Group, Inc.
Date: August 23, 2019
Docket Number: 1170588
James Pearson and Jeffery Pearson v. Clifton S. Price II
Date: August 23, 2019
Docket Number: 1171129
Ex parte Brett Niles Harrison.
Date: August 23, 2019
Docket Number: 1180036
CRM Services, LLC v. Georgia Holding, LLC
Date: August 23, 2019
Docket Number: 1180091
Linda Hall v. Phillip Sims and Cynthia Douglas
Date: August 23, 2019
Docket Number: 1180314
Ex parte John Joseph DeBlase.
Date: August 23, 2019
Docket Number: 1180393
Ex parte J.D.
Date: August 23, 2019
Docket Number: 1180446
Ex parte Frederick T. Skelton IV and Brian Rutledge Skelton.
Date: August 23, 2019
Docket Number: 1180555
Ex parte Kevin E. Docen.
Date: August 23, 2019
Docket Number: 1180637
Ex parte Shaquan Laray Horton.
Date: August 23, 2019
Docket Number: 1180719
Ex parte Christopher J. LaFontaine.
Date: August 23, 2019
Docket Number: 1180790
Ex parte Billy Dee King.
Date: August 23, 2019
Docket Number: 1180803
Heining v. Abernathy  
Date: August 16, 2019
Docket Number: 1180273

Justia Opinion Summary: Ronald Heining and his son, Tyler Heining, appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of Robert J. Dean, Jr., Public Works Director of the City of Anniston, and Darryl Abernathy, a supervisor in the Public Works…

Sirote & Permutt, P.C. v. Caldwell  
Date: August 16, 2019
Docket Number: 1180376

Justia Opinion Summary: C. Randall Caldwell, Jr. worked for George Woerner, who owned several businesses headquartered in Foley. In 2009, Caldwell was promoted to president of Woerner Landscape, Inc., one of those businesses. Caldwell stated…

Beatty v. Carmichael  
Date: August 16, 2019
Docket Number: 1180437

Justia Opinion Summary: Donald Croom Beatty, Jr., appealed a circuit court judgment dismissing an action involving the estate of his mother, Mary Alice Gatlin Beatty. The Alabama Supreme Court determined Donald's notice of appeal was untimely…

Robert L. Vaughn Jr. aka Judson Vaughn v. William O. Bray, et al.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1171207
Marian S.A. Tipp v. JPMC Specialty Mortgage, LLC
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180108
Ex parte Ronnie Norris, et al.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180275
Harry Woods v. Regions Bank
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180392
Chris Dwayne Williams v. Alabama Department of Corrections
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180400
Ex parte Cruz Rodriguez.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180445
Ex parte J.T.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180447
Ex parte Kimberly Latoya Brown.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180448
Ex parte S.H.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180533
Ex parte Bobby Earl Brown.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180609
Ex parte M.C.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180678
Ex parte R.S.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180681
Ex parte Johnny Lee Duke.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180684
Ex parte Glenn Sinatra Davis.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180690
Ex parte Nathaniel Markeith Smith.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180691
Ex parte Jamarcus Marquis Mahone.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180712
Ex parte R.S.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180715
Ex parte Augustus Larry Lundy.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180720
Ex parte Tony Lee Smith.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180721
Ex parte Patrick James Dakins.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180728
Ex parte Mitchell Marbury.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180738
Ex parte Homer Lawrence Lane.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180739
Ex parte Frederick F. Wroten.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180740
Ex parte Andell Daniel.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180747
Ex parte Deandre Cooper.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180748
Ex parte Angela Wright.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180750
Ex parte Gary Smitherman.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180751
Ex parte Robert C. Gill.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180763
Ex parte Anthony Trotter.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180764
Ex parte William Benjamin Darby.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180766
Ex parte K.R.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180768
Ex parte K.R.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180769
Ex parte K.R.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180770
Ex parte Travis Dewayne Griggs.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180776
Ex parte Jerome Dewayne Howard, Sr.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180787
Ex parte Jeffery Carl Sanders.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180789
Ex parte Donald Keith Hambric.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180791
Ex parte Darwin Gregory Knight.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180798
Ex parte Timmy G. Wilson.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180809
Ex parte Garland Jamaal Clark.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180822
Ex parte Walter Jackson Chance.
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Number: 1180824
Ex parte City of Gadsden.
Date: July 19, 2019
Docket Number: 1180331
Austill III v. Prescott  
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1170709

Justia Opinion Summary: In case no. 1170709, Jere Austill III appealed a circuit court judgment permitting Tyler Montana Jul Prescott to redeem certain real property under sections 40-10-82 and 40-10-83, Ala. Code 1975. Specifically, Austill…

Tyler Montana Jul Prescott v. Jere Austill III
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1170730
Arnold v. Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC  
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1170974

Justia Opinion Summary: This dispute centered on whether Keith Arnold had to reimburse his former employer, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC ("HMMA"), for expenses HMMA incurred in moving Arnold from Kentucky to Alabama to begin…

Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC v. Keith Michael Arnold
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1171026
Ex parte Valley National Bank.  
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180055

Justia Opinion Summary: Valley National Bank ("VNB") petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the Montgomery Circuit Court to dismiss a declaratory-judgment action filed against VNB by Jesse Blount, Wilson Blount,…

Atlantis Development Inc., et al. v. E.B. Investments, LLC
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180228
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180337
Ex parte Bryant Titnamus Hughes.
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180530
Ex parte Raphiel Pier Quinnie.
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180610
Ex parte Xezabeya Quintez Grandberry.
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180611
Ex parte Lisa Yancy Roberts.
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180612
Ex parte Rickey Glenn Lanford.
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180638
Ex parte Eddie Lee Bishop, Jr.
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180645
Ex parte Samuel A. McCormick.
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180653
Ex parte Ronald Eugene Weems.
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180664
Ex parte William N. Lucy.
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180665
Ex parte Antonio Nichols.
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180673
Ex parte S.R.A.
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180679
Ex parte Philip Leyton McCarn.
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180689
Ex parte Rayvon Desha Madison.
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180704
Ex parte William Lewis Payton.
Date: July 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180705
City of Montgomery and J.S. Dunn v. Alejandro Cantu.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180046
Ex parte Belinda Dennis.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180276
Ex parte D. D.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180424
Ex parte T. M.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180432
Ex parte Alton Wayne Boyett.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180501
Ex parte G.M.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180513
Ex parte G.M.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180514
Ex parte Lutha James Robinson.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180547
Ex parte Dewayne Weaver Upshaw.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180587
Ex parte Paul Howard Harris.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180595
Ex parte T.W.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180621
Ex parte T.W.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180622
Ex parte C.L.B.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180631
Ex parte Jennifer Schrencongost.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180633
Ex parte Nathaniel Harris.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180674
Ex parte S.F.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180676
Ex parte J. A. L.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180682
Ex parte Jeremy Leshun Williams.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180685
Ex parte Ronnie Lee Brown.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180695
Ex parte Mitchell Bernard Johnson.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180722
Ex parte C. C. L.
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180723
Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v. Walker County  
Date: June 28, 2019
Docket Number: 1160926

Justia Opinion Summary: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company ("Deutsche Bank"); MERSCORP, Inc., and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (collectively, "MERS"); and CIS Financial Services, Inc. ("CIS"), petitioned the Alabama Supreme…

Facebook, Inc. v. K.G.S.  
Date: June 28, 2019
Docket Numbers: 1170244, 1170294, 1170336

Justia Opinion Summary: This case stemmed from the adoption of "Baby Doe" by his adoptive mother, K.G.S., which was contested by Baby Doe's birth mother, K.R. ("the birth mother"). Details of that contested adoption were reported by the…

Health Care Authority for Baptist Health v. Central Alabama Radiation Oncology, LLC  
Date: June 28, 2019
Docket Number: 1171030

Justia Opinion Summary: The Health Care Authority for Baptist Health, an affiliate of UAB Health Systems ("the Authority"), and Simeon Penton (collectively, "Baptist Health") appealed a circuit court judgment compelling Baptist Health to…

CRM Services, LLC v. Georgia Holding, LLC
Date: June 28, 2019
Docket Number: 1180091
Cox, Jr. v. Parrish  
Date: June 21, 2019
Docket Number: 1170391

Justia Opinion Summary: This case was an estate-administration case that was only partially before the Alabama Supreme Court. Perry Eugene Cox, Jr. ("Cox"), appealed a judgment made final by the Shelby Circuit Court ("the trial court") under…

Alabama Psychiatric Services, P.C. v. Lazenby et al.  
Date: June 21, 2019
Docket Numbers: 1170856, 1171150

Justia Opinion Summary: Several former employees of Alabama Psychiatric Services, P.C. ("APS"), filed a putative class action against APS and Managed Health Care Administration, Inc. ("MHCA"), an affiliate of APS, alleging APS had not paid the…

Ex parte First Acceptance Insurance Company, Inc.
Date: June 21, 2019
Docket Number: 1180213
Ex parte John Fitzgerald Betton.
Date: June 21, 2019
Docket Number: 1180353
Phoenix East Association, Inc. v. Perdido Dunes Tower, LLC, et al.  
Date: June 14, 2019
Docket Number: 1170694

Justia Opinion Summary: This case involved a dispute over the planned construction of a high-rise condominium along the Gulf of Mexico in Orange Beach, Alabama. The Perdido Dunes property shared common boundaries with property containing other…

Donaldson v. Country Mutual Insurance Company  
Date: June 14, 2019
Docket Number: 1171045

Justia Opinion Summary: Daniel Donaldson appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of Country Mutual Insurance Company ("Country Mutual"). The underlying action stemmed from a November 2015 accident in which Donaldson, while working in a…

Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood, P.C. v. DuBois  
Date: June 14, 2019
Docket Number: 1171178

Justia Opinion Summary: Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood, P.C. ("the firm"), appealed a circuit court judgment awarding postjudgment interest to Jason DuBois. DuBois sued asserting a worker's compensation claim and tort claims…

Alicia Pledger v. RevClaims, LLC
Date: June 14, 2019
Docket Number: 1180052
W.R. Meriwether, Factors and Drayage, LLC v. Pike Road Volunteer Fire Protection Authority  
Date: June 14, 2019
Docket Number: 1180330

Justia Opinion Summary: W.R. Meriwether, Factors & Drayage, LLC ("Meriwether"), and Gregory Thompson appealed adverse judgments entered in Meriwether and Thompson's action against the Pike Road Volunteer Fire Protection Authority ("the Fire…

Ex parte Jennifer N. Farmer and Cintas Corporation No. 2,.
Date: June 14, 2019
Docket Number: 1180341
Ex parte K.H.
Date: June 14, 2019
Docket Number: 1180535
Ex parte K.H.
Date: June 14, 2019
Docket Number: 1180536
Ex parte Paul C. Friedley.
Date: June 14, 2019
Docket Number: 1180588
Amy Oyler v. City of Dothan
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1170428
George Huddleston III v. City of Mountain Brook
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180155
Ex parte Judge Linda Coats.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180335
Ex parte K. S. C.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180365
Ex parte Soyica Colvin.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180380
Ex parte Noah Monroe Tidwell.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180383
Ex parte Sylvia Martin.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180425
Ex parte Ronald Mays.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180473
Ex parte Michael T. Kilgore.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180510
Ex parte Carl Edwin Lett III.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180516
Ex parte M. A. S.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180534
Ex parte Stephen Jerome Scott.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180541
Ex parte Kenny Dewayne Adams.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180548
Ex parte James Earl Morris, Jr.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180557
Ex parte Darrel Conell Nevels.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180559
Ex parte M.E.B.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180572
Ex parte Christopher Jackson.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180583
Ex parte Justin MacNeill.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180585
Ex parte Joshua Kendall Williams.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180597
Ex parte Ryon Oneal Russell.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180599
Ex parte Tammy Roberts Weldon.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180614
Ex parte Rashad C. Lee.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180619
Ex parte Michael Deon Draper.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180640
Ex parte Tommie Gosha.
Date: June 7, 2019
Docket Number: 1180641
Ex parte State of Alabama.  
Date: May 31, 2019
Docket Number: 1180002

Justia Opinion Summary: The State of Alabama petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a mandamus relief. The State sought the vacation of a circuit court order holding certain statutes and acts of Alabama unconstitutional, and to require the…

Sarah S. Swindle et al. v. Sheila Hocutt Remington
Date: May 24, 2019
Docket Number: 1161044
Ghee v. USAble Mutual Insurance Company d/b/a Blue Advantage Administrators of Arkansas  
Date: May 24, 2019
Docket Number: 1170249

Justia Opinion Summary: Douglas Ghee, as the personal representative of the estate of Billy Fleming, appealed a circuit court order dismissing a wrongful-death claim brought against USAble Mutual Insurance Company d/b/a Blue Advantage…

Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. The David Group, Inc.  
Date: May 24, 2019
Docket Number: 1170588

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company ("Nationwide") appealed a judgment entered in favor of plaintiff The David Group, Inc. ("TDG"), which held TDG was entitled to coverage and indemnification under a…

Ex parte Tyson Chicken, Inc., and Charles Gregory Craig.
Date: May 24, 2019
Docket Number: 1170820
Ex parte David and Lisa McDaniel.  
Date: May 24, 2019
Docket Number: 1180199

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs David and Lisa McDaniel petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the Shelby Circuit Court to vacate its order staying the proceedings against defendants Southern Craftsman Custom…

Mac Buttram, et al. v. Alabama Education Association, et al.
Date: May 17, 2019
Docket Number: 1170724
Greenway Health, LLC, and Greenway EHS, Inc. v. Southeast Alabama Rural Health Associates  
Date: May 17, 2019
Docket Numbers: 1171046, 1171061

Justia Opinion Summary: Greenway Health, LLC, and Greenway EHS, Inc. (formerly EHS, Inc.) (collectively, "the Greenway defendants"), and Sunrise Technology Consultants, LLC, and Lee Investment Consultants, LLC (collectively, "the Sunrise…

Ex parte Demarkus C. Robinson.
Date: May 17, 2019
Docket Number: 1180070
Ex parte Russell County Community Hospital, LLC, d/b/a Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital.  
Date: May 17, 2019
Docket Number: 1180204

Justia Opinion Summary: Between 2012 and 2014, Medhost of Tennessee, Inc. ("Medhost"), sold Russell County Community Hospital, LLC, d/b/a Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital ("the taxpayer"), computer software and accompanying equipment, which…

Ex parte Chelsea Victoria Gore.
Date: May 17, 2019
Docket Number: 1180217
Castleberry v. Angie's List, Inc.  
Date: May 17, 2019
Docket Number: 1180241

Justia Opinion Summary: Jessie and Rickey Castleberry appealed a circuit court order dismissing their claims against Angie's List, Inc., based on a forum-selection clause in a contract between Angie's List and the Castleberrys. The…

Ex parte Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1170623
Armstrong v. Hill  
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1170650

Justia Opinion Summary: Betty Hill sued Emma Armstrong and another defendant after Hill was bitten by three dogs. When Armstrong and her trial counsel failed to appear at trial at the appointed time, the trial court declared from the bench that…

Putnam County Memorial Hospital v. TruBridge, LLC, and Evident, LLC  
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1171062

Justia Opinion Summary: Putnam County Memorial Hospital ("Putnam") appealed a circuit court denial of its motion to set aside a default judgment entered in favor of TruBridge, LLC ("TruBridge"), and Evident, LLC ("Evident"). In September 2015,…

Atlantis Development Company, Inc. v. Pavilion Development, LLC
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1171179
Celeste Lambert v. Autry Greer & Sons, Inc.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180214
Ex parte Lee A. Rathgeber.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180286
Ex parte James Scott Swack.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180298
Ex parte Justin Tyler Walding.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180321
Ex parte Jonathan Godfrey, Sr.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180390
Ex parte Corey Eugene Benton.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180401
Ex parte Robert Baise, Jr.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180433
Ex parte J. A. K.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180444
Ex parte Donald Carey Teague.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180468
Ex parte Chandra Perkins.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180469
Ex parte Woodburck Noe.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180475
Ex parte Sidney Jack Narciso.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180479
Ex parte Marvin Hudson.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180481
Ex parte J.G.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180490
Ex parte Joe Daniel Holt.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180494
Ex parte Kenneth Tyler Parker.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180499
Ex parte Anthony Ball.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180500
Ex parte Antwan Laderrick Adams.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180502
Ex parte James Bryan Harland.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180505
Ex parte Otis Gamble III.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180506
Ex parte Carl David Myers.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180509
Ex parte Kenneth Paul McLendon.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180515
Ex parte Marcel McNeal.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180517
Ex parte Ronald Wayne Robertson.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180525
Ex parte Wilbert Deandre Hayes.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180528
Ex parte Carlos Bernard Singleton.
Date: May 10, 2019
Docket Number: 1180546
Wiggins v. Mobile Greyhound Park, LLP  
Date: May 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1170874

Justia Opinion Summary: Katerial Wiggins, individually and as the administrator of the estate of Dominic G. Turner, deceased, and as the next friend of Dominic Turner, Jr. ("D.T."), appealed the grant of summary in favor of Mobile Greyhound…

Naman v. Chiropractic Life Center, Inc.  
Date: May 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1170934

Justia Opinion Summary: Chiropractic Life Center, Inc. ("CLC"), sued Kathryn Naman, alleging she failed to pay for chiropractic care she had received at CLC. The district court entered a judgment in favor of Naman, which CLC did not appeal.…

Ex parte T.M.F.  
Date: May 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1180454

Justia Opinion Summary: T.M.F. petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to review the March 5, 2019 order of the Court of Civil Appeals denying his petition for a writ of mandamus. T.M.F. sought the to direct the Jefferson…

Ex parte Antonio Devoe Jones.  
Date: April 26, 2019
Docket Number: 1170546

Justia Opinion Summary: In March 2004, Antonio Jones was convicted of capital murder for the intentional killing of Ruth Kirkland during the course of a burglary. The jury recommended, by a vote of 11 to 1, that Jones be sentenced to death. The…

Monroe County Commission v. Nettles, et al.  
Date: April 26, 2019
Docket Number: 1170738

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs A.A. Nettles, Sr. Properties Limited, and Eula Lambert Boyles sought to quiet title a right-of-way that had been conveyed by the Alabama Railroad Company to the Monroe County Commission for use as a…

Ex parte Crystal Joetta Wayne.  
Date: April 26, 2019
Docket Number: 1171213

Justia Opinion Summary: Crystal Wayne petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for review of the Court of Criminal Appeals' decision affirming, by an unpublished memorandum, a circuit court's revocation of Wayne's probation. Wayne was convicted of…

Gadsden Motor Inn, Inc. v. Jake's Music Room, LLC
Date: April 26, 2019
Docket Number: 1180061
State of Alabama ex rel. Waterworks and Gas Board of Dora, Alabama v. Edwards  
Date: April 26, 2019
Docket Number: 1180105

Justia Opinion Summary: McArthur Sargent, chairman of The Waterworks and Gas Board of Dora, Alabama ("the Board"), in the name of the State of Alabama, appealed a circuit court order denying Sargent's petition for a writ of quo warranto seeking…

Ex parte First Acceptance Insurance Company, Inc.
Date: April 26, 2019
Docket Number: 1180213
Shoals Extrusion, LLC v. Beal  
Date: April 19, 2019
Docket Number: 1170673

Justia Opinion Summary: Lonnie Beal sued his former employer, Shoals Extrusion, LLC, an aluminum-extrusion business in Florence, Alabama after his employment there was terminated in November 2015. Beal alleged that Shoals Extrusion breached the…

City of Montgomery and J.S. Dunn v. Alejandro Cantu
Date: April 19, 2019
Docket Number: 1180046
Ex parte Dr. Zenon Bednarski and Auburn Urgent Care, Inc.
Date: April 19, 2019
Docket Number: 1180076
Ex parte Dr. David Willis.
Date: April 19, 2019
Docket Number: 1180077
Ex parte M.P.D.
Date: April 19, 2019
Docket Number: 1180224
Ex parte Allen Harrison Holt.
Date: April 19, 2019
Docket Number: 1180415
Ex parte Alabama Surface Mining Commission.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1170222
Ex parte Black Warrior Minerals, Inc.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1170223
Amy Oyler v. City of Dothan
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1170428
Sherree D. Halbrooks v. Decatur Morgan Hospital
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1170996
Ex parte K.T.B.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180225
Ex parte Joseph Evan Tillery.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180231
Ex parte Roderick Ferrell.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180232
Ex parte Nicholas Wilkerson.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180332
Ex parte Kelvin D. Peacock.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180381
Ex parte S. A. R.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180382
Ex parte Henry Walker III.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180384
Ex parte Jerry Curtis Hill.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180391
Ex parte V.J.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180407
Ex parte V.J.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180408
Ex parte V.J.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180409
Ex parte Zachary Wayne Weatherford.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180411
Ex parte Anthony Jones.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180417
Ex parte D. E. L.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180421
Ex parte Dearis Kadre Baker.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180422
Ex parte Kareem Farod Grimsley.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180423
Ex parte Courtney Brown.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180428
Ex parte Michael Lane Rains.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180442
Ex parte S.A.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180459
Ex parte S.A.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180460
Ex parte S.A.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180461
Ex parte Maurice Jackson.
Date: April 12, 2019
Docket Number: 1180463
Ex parte Taurus Jermaine Carroll.  
Date: April 5, 2019
Docket Number: 1170575

Justia Opinion Summary: Taurus Carroll was convicted on one count of murder for intentionally causing the death of Michael Turner, a fellow inmate, after having been convicted of another murder within the preceding 20 years, and a second count…

Clay County Commission v. Clay County Animal Shelter, Inc.  
Date: April 5, 2019
Docket Number: 1170795

Justia Opinion Summary: The Clay County Commission appealed a trial court decision in favor of Clay County Animal Shelter, Inc. In July 2017, the county commission and three individuals ("the plaintiffs") initiated an action in against the…

Ex parte Alfa Insurance Corporation et al.  
Date: April 5, 2019
Docket Number: 1170804

Justia Opinion Summary: Alfa Insurance Corporation, Alfa Mutual General Insurance Corporation, Alfa Life Insurance Corporation, and Alfa Specialty Insurance Corporation (collectively, "Alfa") petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of…

Ex parte GASP.  
Date: April 5, 2019
Docket Number: 1171082

Justia Opinion Summary: GASP, an Alabama nonprofit corporation, filed a petition for certiorari review by the Alabama Supreme Court to challenge a Court of Civil Appeals decision. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the Montgomery Circuit…

Ex parte Ralph Eustace et al.  
Date: April 5, 2019
Docket Number: 1171103

Justia Opinion Summary: Ralph Eustace, Linda Eustace, and Daryl Eustace sued James Ray ("Ray") Wilbourn and his wife Karen, alleging a trespass to land and conversion of timber. The Wilbourns filed a counterclaim, seeking to establish title to…

Ex parte William T. Harrington.  
Date: April 5, 2019
Docket Number: 1171174

Justia Opinion Summary: William Harrington petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for certiorari review of the Court of Civil Appeals' order dismissing his appeal as untimely. In 2016, Harrington sued Big Sky Environmental, LLC, Gabriel Kim, and…

Ex parte Jackson Hospital & Clinic, Inc.
Date: April 5, 2019
Docket Number: 1180099
Ex parte Aaron Cody Smith.
Date: March 29, 2019
Docket Number: 1171025
Ex parte David Greene.
Date: March 29, 2019
Docket Number: 1180277
Steven R. Nichols, et al. v. HealthSouth Corporation
Date: March 22, 2019
Docket Number: 1151071
Ex parte J.G.
Date: March 22, 2019
Docket Number: 1170064
Carroll v. Castellanos  
Date: March 22, 2019
Docket Number: 1170197

Justia Opinion Summary: William Carroll, M.D., Loring Rue, M.D., and Gustavo Heudebert, M.D. (collectively, defendants), appealed a circuit court's denial of their motion to compel arbitration of claims asserted against them by Paul F.…

Mitchell v. Brooks  
Date: March 22, 2019
Docket Number: 1170490

Justia Opinion Summary: This case contested the validity of a property deed that was executed by Gayron Brooks in the weeks before her death from lung cancer. The deed conveyed her house in Boaz to her husband of 18 years, David. Following…

Bell v. Smith  
Date: March 22, 2019
Docket Number: 1171108

Justia Opinion Summary: Ella Bell, a member of the Alabama State Board of Education ("ASBE"), appealed a circuit court's dismissal of her complaint asserting claims of defamation, invasion of privacy, the tort of outrage, negligence and…

Jones v. Brewster  
Date: March 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1170450

Justia Opinion Summary: Steven Christopher Jones ("Chris Jones") appealed a circuit court judgment entered in favor of Tammy Brewster and Jeffrey Eugene Brewster in a will contest filed by Jones concerning the will of his father, Mike Jones.…

Alliance Investment Company, LLC v. Omni Construction Company, Inc., a/k/a OCC, Inc  
Date: March 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1170504

Justia Opinion Summary: The issue this case presented for the Alabama Supreme Court’s review was who had the power to determine the location of an arbitration proceeding: an arbitrator or Circuit Court. The Court concluded that, under the facts…

Willis Pumphrey v. Inergy Solutions, Inc.
Date: March 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1170645
George Floyd and Shirley Floyd v. Dollar Bank, FSB
Date: March 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1170742
Philip Lambeth v. Estate of James F. Lambeth, deceased
Date: March 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1170842
Jared Vaughn v. B. Craig Lipscomb et al.
Date: March 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1171166
Ex parte Cary Trant Jefferson.
Date: March 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180006
Jama Wright v. Amanda Bedwell
Date: March 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180035
Ex parte J.S.
Date: March 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180092
Ex parte Thomas Dewayne Bonds.
Date: March 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180131
Ex parte Edward Bowman.
Date: March 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1180233
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