Recent Posts in August, 2016

• Fatal Gear Shifter Defect?

  Aug 29, 2016
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened a formal investigation into Fiat Chrysler following complaints by drivers that their ...
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• FELA - COTTLES V. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.

  Aug 26, 2016
  Cottles v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. , [Ms. 1140632, Aug. 26, 2016] __ So.3d __ (Ala. 2016). The Supreme Court reverses a summary judgment entered ...
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• SUMMARY JUDGMENT / BANKRUPTCY / MANDAMUS - EX PARTE BONDS

  Aug 26, 2016
  Ex parte Bonds , [Ms. 2150845, Aug. 26, 2016] __ So.3d __ (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). In this divorce proceeding, the husband filed a petition for a writ ...
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• GARNISHMENT / CLAIM OF EXEMPTION - CREWS V. JACKSON

  Aug 26, 2016
  Crews v. Jackson , [Ms. 2150422, Aug. 26, 2016] __So.3d __ (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). Rule 64B, Ala. R. Civ. P., explaining the procedure by which a ...
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• JUDICIAL RECUSAL - EX PARTE ROGERS

  Aug 26, 2016
  Ex parte Rogers , [Ms. 2150828, Aug. 26, 2016] __ So.3d __ (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). Former wife sought recusal of Judge Dempsey, the only circuit judge ...
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• 42 U.S.C. § 1983 DELIBERATE-INDIFFERENCE / STATE-AGENT / STATE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY - JOHNSON V. DUNN

  Aug 26, 2016
  Johnson v. Dunn , [Ms. 2150040, Aug. 26, 2016] __ So.3d __ (Ala. Civ. App. 2016).On application for rehearing, the Court of Civil Appeals notes that ...
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• COMPENSATORY DAMAGES / COLLATERAL SOURCE RULE - MAGRINAT V. MADDOX

  Aug 26, 2016
  Magrinat v. Maddox , [Ms. 2150357, Aug. 26, 2016] __ So.3d __ (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). Magrinat was injured in an automobile collision with Maddox, ...
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• DISCOVERY SANCTIONS - EX PARTE SIKES

  Aug 26, 2016
  Ex parte Sikes , [Ms. 2150469, Aug. 26, 2016] __ So.3d __ (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). The Court of Civil Appeals denies a petition for a writ of mandamus ...
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