Recent Posts in September, 2012

• WRONGFUL DEATH / MEDICAL MALPRACTICE / CIVIL PROCEDURE / DAMAGES - BOUDREAUX V. PETTAWAY

  Sep 28, 2012
  Boudreaux v. Pettaway [Ms. 1100281, Sept. 28, 2012] __ So. 3d __(Ala. 2012). In Boudreaux v. Petttaway , a Cunningham Bounds case, the Supreme Court ...
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• CIVIL PROCEDURE - FAILURE TO PAY FILING FEE IS JURISDICTIONAL - HICKS V. HICKS

  Sep 14, 2012
  Hicks v. Hicks , [Ms. 2110408, Sept. 14, 2012] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). After a judgment on a boundary line dispute, one of the parties ...
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• CIVIL PROCEDURE / STATE AGENT IMMUNITY - NECESSARY PARTIES - CITY OF GADSDEN V. BOMAN

  Sep 14, 2012
  City of Gadsden v. Boman , [Ms. 1111273, Sept. 14, 2012] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2012). Boman, a retired Gadsden police officer, sued regarding his health ...
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• CIVIL PROCEDURE - JURY TRIAL DEMAND - EX PARTE SWEENEY

  Sep 14, 2012
  Ex parte Sweeney , [Ms. 1110035, Sept. 14, 2012] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2012). A defendant filed a late answer and counterclaim, including a jury demand. ...
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• LEGAL MALPRACTICE / FRAUD - TOLLING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS - JETT V. WOOTEN

  Sep 14, 2012
  Jett v. Wooten , [Ms. 1110731, Sept. 14, 2012] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2012). Ms. Jett hired attorney James Wooten to file two personal injury actions. He ...
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• PROPERTY - A MOBILE HOME WITH A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE IS PERSONAL PROPERTY; SALE OF REAL PROPERTY FOR DIVISION OF PROCEEDS - GRIFFITH V. AMES

  Sep 7, 2012
  Griffith v. Ames , [Ms. 2110115, Sept. 7, 2012] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). Beverly Ames sued her brother Michael Griffith for sale for ...
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• EVIDENCE - FRAUDULENT TRANSFER - WOOD V. HAYES

  Sep 7, 2012
  Wood v. Hayes , [Ms. 1100750, Sept. 7, 2012] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2012). Fourteen-year-old Karrie Hayes was burned severely when Jason Earl Pruitt, at ...
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• CIVIL PROCEDURE - APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR AD LITEM - MACLIN, ADM'R AD LITEM FOR BROTHERTON V. CONGO

  Sep 7, 2012
  Maclin, adm'r ad litem for Brotherton v. Congo , [Ms. 2110546, Sept. 7, 2012] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). In 2007, a vehicle driven by Ronald ...
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