Recent Posts in the Appellate Category

• Fictitious Parties - Relation Back

  Feb 7, 2020
  Ex parte Cowgill and Yarbrough, [Ms. 1180936, Feb. 7, 2020] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2020). A unanimous Court (Shaw, J.; Parker, C.J., and Bolin, Wise, ...
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• Substantive Arbitrability - Scope of Agreement

  Feb 7, 2020
  Wiggins v. Averett, LLC ., [Ms. 1170943, Feb. 7, 2020] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2020). A plurality of the Court (Shaw, J.; and Bolin, Bryan, and Mitchell, ...
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• Students First Act - Common-Law Writ of Certiorari

  Jan 31, 2020
  Wilkinson v. Cochran , [Ms. 2180741, Jan. 31, 2020] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. Civ. App. 2020). In a 3-2 decision (Thompson, P.J., and Donaldson and Hanson, ...
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• Mandamus - Personal Jurisdiction

  Jan 31, 2020
  Ex parte Right at Home, LLC, [Ms. 1190289, Jan. 29, 2020] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2019). The Supreme Court denies a petition for a writ of mandamus filed ...
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• Premises Liability - Open and Obvious

  Jan 31, 2020
  McClurg v. Birmingham Realty Co ., [Ms. 1180635, Jan. 31, 2020] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2020). A plurality of the Court (Parker, C.J., and Wise, Mendheim, ...
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• UIM - Insurer's Right to Jury Trial After Opting Out

  Jan 31, 2020
  Ex parte Allstate Property and Cas. Co., [Ms. 1180871, Jan. 31, 2020] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2020). The Court (Sellers, J.; Bolin, Wise, Mendheim, ...
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• County Contracting Authority - Constitutional Avoidance

  Jan 31, 2020
  Robbins v. Cleburne County Commission , [Ms. 1180106, Jan. 31, 2020] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2020). The Court (Mitchell, J.; Parker, C.J., and Bolin, ...
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• Direct Action Statute - Availability of Mandamus Review

  Jan 31, 2020
  Ex parte State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. , [Ms. 1170760, Jan. 31, 2020] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2020). In a per curiam decision (Bolin, Wise, Bryan, Sellers, ...
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• Mandamus - Depositions of Executive Officers - Apex Rule

  Jan 24, 2020
  Ex parte Willimon , [Ms. 1180439, Jan. 24, 2020] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2020). A plurality of the Court (Parker, C.J.; Shaw, Mendheim, and Stewart, JJ., ...
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• AMLA - Discovery - § 6-5-551, Ala. Code 1975

  Jan 24, 2020
  Ex parte BBH BMC, LLC , [Ms. 1180961, Jan. 24, 2020] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2020). The Court (Bolin, J.; Shaw, Wise, Bryan, and Sellers, JJ., concur; ...
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• Timeliness of Appeal from Order Removing Personal Representative

  Jan 24, 2020
  Player v. J.C., [Ms. 1180606, Jan. 24, 2020] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2020). The Court (Mendheim, J.; Parker, C.J., and Bolin, Wise, Bryan, Sellers, ...
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• § 6-8-84, Ala. Code 1975 Not Applicable To Counterclaim Against Party Involuntarily Joined

  Jan 24, 2020
  Ex parte Dow AgroSciences LLC , [Ms. 1180887, Jan. 24, 2020] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2020). The Court (Mendheim, J.; Parker, C.J., and Bolin, Wise, Bryan, ...
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• Probate of Lost Will

  Jan 17, 2020
  Taylor v. Hoehn , [Ms. 1180375, Jan. 17, 2020] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2020). The Court (Wise, J.; Parker, C.J., and Bolin, Sellers, and Stewart, JJ., ...
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• Due Process - Void Judgment

  Jan 17, 2020
  GEICO v. Evans, et al., [Ms. 1180699, Jan. 17, 2020] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2020). The Court (Bryan, J.; Parker, C.J., and Shaw, Mendheim, and Mitchell, ...
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• Alabama Legal Services Liability Act ("ALSLA") - Statute of Limitations

  Jan 17, 2020
  Ex parte Edwards and Edwards Law, LLC , [Ms. 1180255, Jan. 17, 2020] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2020). The Court (Stewart, J.; Parker, C.J., and Bolin, Wise, ...
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