Recent Posts in the Appellate Category

• Final Judgment - Premature Appeal

  Feb 26, 2021
  Dyas and Dyas, LLC v. Stringfellow, et al. , [Ms. 1190258, Feb. 26, 2021], ___ So. 3d ___ (Ala. 2021). The Court (Wise, J.; Parker, C.J., and Bolin ...
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• Testamentary Capacity

  Feb 26, 2021
  Taylor v. Hanks, [Ms. 1190203, Feb. 26, 2021], ___ So. 3d ___ (Ala. 2021). The Court (Parker, C.J., and Bolin, Shaw, Wise, Bryan, Sellers, Mendheim, ...
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• Order Declaring Judgment Satisfied Is Appealable

  Feb 26, 2021
  1st Franklin Fin. Corp. v. Pettway , [Ms. 2190871, Feb. 26, 2021], ___ So. 3d ___ (Ala. Civ. App. 2021). The court (Edwards, J.; Thompson, P.J., and ...
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• Timeliness of Mandamus Petition - Contempt - Failure to Pay Filing Fee

  Feb 26, 2021
  Ex parte Joy Ann Kelley , [Ms. 2190878, Feb. 26, 2021], ___ So. 3d ___ (Ala. Civ. App. 2021). The court (Fridy, J.; Thompson, P.J., and Moore, ...
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• Contempt - Enforcement of Workers' Compensation Benefit Payment

  Feb 26, 2021
  Ex parte Standard Furniture Mfg. Co., LLC , [Ms. 2200251, 2200252, and 2200253, Feb. 26, 2021], ___ So. 3d ___ (Ala. Civ. App. 2021). The court ...
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• State-Agent Immunity - Elementary Education

  Feb 19, 2021
  Moore v. Tyson and Douthit, [Ms. 1190547, Feb. 19, 2021], ___ So. 3d ___ (Ala. 2021). The Court (Stewart, J.; Parker, C.J., and Bolin, Wise, and ...
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• Negligence Per Se Not Established As A Matter of Law - Spoliation - Inadequacy of Compensatory Damages - Future Medicals

  Feb 19, 2021
  Goins v. Advanced Disposal Services Gulf Coast, LLC, et al., [Ms. 1190393, Feb. 19, 2021], ___ So. 3d ___ (Ala. 2021). In a plurality opinion, the ...
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• Defendant Failed to Preserve Challenges To Sufficiency of and Admission of Evidence in Non-Jury Trial

  Feb 19, 2021
  Murphy Oil, USA, Inc. v. English, [Ms. 1190610, Feb. 19, 2021], ___ So. 3d ___ (Ala. 2021). In a plurality opinion, the Court (Mitchell, J.; Parker, ...
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• Criminal Contempt Sanctions For Violating Mediation Order

  Feb 19, 2021
  Allstate Property and Cas. Ins. Co. v. Harbin, [Ms. 1190792, Feb. 19, 2021], ___ So. 3d ___ (Ala. 2021). The Court (Shaw, J.; Parker, C.J., concurs; ...
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• Sufficiency of Mandamus Petition - Rule 21(a)(1)(E), Ala. R. App. P.

  Feb 12, 2021
  Ex parte Boone Newspapers, Inc., et al., [Ms. 1190995, Feb. 12, 2021], ___ So. 3d ___ (Ala. 2021). The Court (Parker, C.J., and Bolin, Shaw, Wise, ...
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• Summary Judgment Procedure

  Feb 12, 2021
  Riddle v. Everett , [Ms. 2190817, Feb. 12, 2021], ___ So. 3d ___ (Ala. Civ. App. 2021). The court (Moore, J.; Thompson, P.J., and Edwards, Hanson, and ...
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• Parties May Not Divest Alabama Courts of Jurisdiction Over Workers' Compensation Claim Arising From Injury In Alabama

  Feb 12, 2021
  Sellers v. Venture Express, Inc. , [Ms. 2190165, Feb. 12, 2021], ___ So. 3d ___ (Ala. Civ. App. 2021). The court (Hanson, J.; Thompson, P.J., and ...
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• Timeliness of Mandamus Petition

  Feb 12, 2021
  Ex parte M.D. , [Ms. 2200205, Feb. 12, 2021], ___ So. 3d ___ (Ala. Civ. App. 2021). The court (Fridy, J.; Thompson, P.J., and Moore, Edwards, and ...
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• Improper Rebuttal Closing Argument - UIM - Reply-In-Kind

  Feb 5, 2021
  Allstate Ins. Co. v. Ogletree , [Ms. 1180896, Feb. 5, 2021], ___ So. 3d ___ (Ala. 2021). In a per curiam opinion, the Court (Parker, C.J., and Bolin, ...
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• Workers' Compensation - Scheduled Injury

  Feb 5, 2021
  Turner v. Baggett, Inc. , [Ms. 2190745, Feb. 5, 2021], ___ So. 3d ___ (Ala. Civ. App. 2021). The court (Moore, J.; Thompson, P.J., and Edwards, ...
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