Recent Posts in the Appellate Category

• Mandamus - Bar of Limitations Apparent from Face of Complaint - Option Contract

  Sep 30, 2019
  Ex parte S. Mark Booth, [Ms. 1171194, Sept. 30, 2019] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2019). In a plurality opinion, the Court (Stewart, J.; Parker, C.J., and Wise ...
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• Statute of Frauds - Oral Stock Purchase Agreement - Full Performance - Conversion of Corporate Property

  Sep 30, 2019
  Patel v. Shah, etc., et al., [Ms. 1180012, Sept. 30, 2019] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2019). In a plurality opinion, the Court (Parker, C.J.; Wise, Mendheim, ...
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• Rule 11 - Failure to Sign Complaint - Statute of Limitations - § 6-2-3, Ala. Code 1975

  Sep 27, 2019
  McKenzie v. Janssen Biotech, Inc., [Ms. 1170787, Sept. 27, 2019] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2019). The Court (Mitchell, J.; Parker, C.J., and Bolin, Shaw, ...
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• Authority of Counsel Following Death of Party

  Sep 27, 2019
  Billingsley v. City of Gadsden, [Ms. 2180621, Sept. 27, 2019] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. Civ. App. 2019). In this unanimous per curiam opinion, the court ...
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• Substantive Municipal Immunity - Negligent Inspection

  Sep 27, 2019
  Ex parte City of Tuskegee, [Ms. 1180474, Sept. 27, 2019] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2019). In a plurality opinion, the Court (Wise, J.; Bolin, Bryan, and ...
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• Third-Party Spoliation of Evidence - Ore Tenus Review - Wanton Spoliation

  Sep 20, 2019
  Imperial Aluminum-Scottsboro, LLC v. Taylor, [Ms. 1171133, Sept. 20, 2019] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2019). The Court (Stewart, J.; and Parker, C.J., and ...
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• Termination of Municipal Employee - Common Law Writ of Certiorari - Appellate Procedure

  Sep 20, 2019
  Wiggins v. City of Evergreen, [Ms. 1170833, Sept. 20, 2019] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2019). The Court (Mitchell, J.; Parker, C.J., and Shaw, Bryan, and ...
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• Summary Judgment - Entitlement to Hearing

  Sep 20, 2019
  Thomas T. Zieman, Jr. v. Zieman Speegle, LLC, [Ms. 1180196, Sept. 20, 2019] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2019). The Court (Sellers, J.; Parker, C.J., and Bolin, ...
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• Venue - Ala. Code § 6-3-21 Transfer for Convenience of Parties and Witnesses and in Interest of Justice

  Sep 18, 2019
  Ex parte Reed, [Ms. 1180564, Sept. 13, 2019] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2019). The Court (Sellers, J.; and Parker, C.J., and Bolin, Shaw, Wise, Bryan, ...
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• Alabama Legal Services Liability Act, § 6-5-570, et seq., Ala. Code 1975

  Sep 18, 2019
  Belle v. Goldasich, [Ms. 1171001, Sept. 13, 2019] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2019). The Court (Mitchell, J.; Wise, Sellers, and Stewart, JJ., concur; Parker, ...
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• Venue - Ala. Code § 6-11-23.1 Transfer for Convenience of Parties and Witnesses and in Interest of Justice

  Sep 18, 2019
  Ex parte KKE, LLC, [Ms. 1180074, Sept. 13, 2019] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2019). The Court (Mitchell, J.; and Parker, C.J., and Bolin, Shaw, Wise, Bryan, ...
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• Garnishment - Ala. R. App. P. 28(a)(10) Waiver

  Sep 18, 2019
  Elliott Law Group, P.A. v. Five Star Credit Union, [Ms. 1170922, Sept. 13, 2019] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2019). The Court (Mitchell, J.; Sellers and ...
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• Workers' Compensation - Hearing Loss - Ripeness

  Sep 16, 2019
  Ex parte Warrior Met Coal, Inc., [Ms. 2180740, Sept. 6, 2019] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. Civ. App. 2019). The court (Edwards, J.; Moore, Donaldson, and ...
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• Recusal - § 12-24-3, Ala. Code 1975 - Attachments to Appellate Briefs - Newly Discovered Evidence

  Sep 16, 2019
  Startley Gen. Contractors, Inc., v. Water Works Bd. of the City of Birmingham, et al., [Ms. 1180292, Sept. 6, 2019] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2019). This per ...
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• Arbitration

  Sep 16, 2019
  Blanks, et al. v. TDS Telecommunications LLC, et al., [Ms. 1180311, Sept. 6, 2019] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2019). The Court (Sellers, J.; and Bolin, Wise, ...
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