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- Joseph M. Brown, Jr.
- Gregory B. Breedlove
- David G. Wirtes Jr.
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- George W. Finkbohner III
- Steve Olen
- Steven L. Nicholas
- David S. Cain Jr.
- William E. Bonner
- Robert L. Mitchell
- J. Brian Duncan Jr.
- Lucy E. Tufts
- Aaron N. Maples
- Joseph D. Steadman
- Jennifer B. JayJohn
- Robert T. Cunningham
- John T. Crowder, Jr.
- Richard Bounds
- Glenn Garside
- Keith Harvey
- Donald Boykin
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What We Do
- Aviation Accidents
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Results
- $11.9 Billion Verdict for the State of Alabama Against Exxon for Royalty Fraud
- Over $1 Billion Paid to Homeowners Affected by Defective Masonite Siding & Shingles
- Biggest Offshore Spill in U.S. History
- Bondholders Reach Settlements Worth $226 Million Over Fraudulent Statements
- $192 Million Verdict for Inventor in Intellectual Property Case
- $149,950,000 Settlement Approved in Health System Pension Crisis
- $140 Million Verdict for Wrongful Death of a Patient Due to Medical Transcription Errors
- $108 Million Verdict in Hazardous Waste Case
- $102 Million Judgment Obtained in Massive Consumer Fraud Case
- Wrongful Death Verdict from Nursing Home Negligence
- $61.5 Million Recovered in Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- $50 Million Verdict in Death of Truck Driver
- $50 Million Verdict in Defective Water Heater Explosion
- $46 Million Settlement in Defective Marine Engine Product Liability Case
- $40 Million Verdict in Defective Seatbelt Case
- $35 Million Verdict Against American General Life & Accident Company
- $34 Million Settlement Negotiated for the State of Alabama Against Shell Oil Co. for Royalty Fraud
- $29 Million Settlement Negotiated for the State of Alabama Against Amoco Production Co. for Royalty Fraud
- $25.3 Million Verdict Against Tractor Manufacturer
- $24.3 Million Verdict Over Defective Meat Saw
- $20.5 Million Verdict in Defective Meat Saw Case
- $20 Million Verdict in Wrongful Death Case
- $20 Million Verdict for Family in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
- $15 Million Verdict in Hot Water Heater Injury
- $15 Million Verdict in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
- $14.8 Million Verdict for Family in Home Gas Explosion
- $14.5 Million Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case
- $13 Million Verdict for Electrocution
- $12.5 Million Settlement Negotiated for the State of Alabama Against Mobil Oil Co. for Royalty Fraud
- $11 Million Settlement in Case of Misdiagnosis
- $10.5 Million Verdict in Wrongful Death Case
- $10.25 Million Verdict for Man Against Target over Workplace Injury
- $10 Million Verdict for Baldwin County Sewer System Against Regions Bank for Interest Rate Swap Fraud
- $10 Million Verdict for Woman in Collision Case
- $10 Million Settlement Over Financial Fees for Mortgage Loans
- $10 Million Verdict in Paralyzing Football Injury
- $10 Million Settlement Obtained for Woman’s Death in Collision with Tractor Trailer
- $9.5 Million Verdict for Man Burned in Workplace
- $9 Million Verdict in Truck Rollover Case
- $7.15 Million Verdict for Family over Wrongful Death by Gas Poisoning
- $6.5 Million Recovered for Client Injured in Head-On Collision
- $6 Million Settlement in Wrongful Death Case Against Fire Equipment Service Company
- $5.5 Million Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case
- $5.5 Million Verdict for Brain Damage During a Routine Appendectomy
- $5.1 Million Verdict Against Waste Management of Alabama for Waste Pollution Trespass
- Jury Verdict for Victim of a Rear-End Collision With Federal Express Delivery Vehicle
- $5 Million Verdict Against Ford Motor Co.
- $5 Million Settlement Over Industrial Incident
- $4.6 Million Settlement Negotiated for the State of Alabama Against Hunt Petroleum for Royalty Fraud
- $4.5 Million Verdict for Family in Collision Case
- $4.4 Million Verdict in Security Negligence Case
- $4.4 Million Verdict in Store Shooting
- $4 Million Verdict for Family in Medical Malpractice Case
- $4 Million Verdict Against Hospital Pharmacy for Fatal Dose
- $3.85 Million Settlement for Medical Negligence
- $3.5 Million Verdict for Refusal of Medical Claim
- Jury Returns $2.4 Million Verdict Against Farmers Insurance for Fraud
- $2 Million Settlement Due to Improper Applicant Screening by Management Company
- $1.79 Million Verdict for Woman over Slip and Fall Injury in Restaurant
- $1.725 Million Verdict Against Dollar General for Inadequate Inspection Policies
- $1.7 Million Verdict for Man in Industrial Fall
- $900,000 Settlement for Man Who Suffered a Herniated Disc
- Settlement Reached With Trucking Company During Trial of Personal Injury Case
- Settlement Negotiated for Property Owners Against Weyerhauser for Industrial Air Pollution
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Legal Update
- The History of Cunningham Bounds (Part 1)
- The History of Cunningham Bounds (Part 2)
- FAQ About Personal Injury Claims (Part 1)
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- FAQ About Personal Injury Claims (Part 3)
- FAQ About Personal Injury Claims (Part 4)
- FAQ About Personal Injury Claims (Part 5)
- FAQ About Personal Injury Claims (Part 6)
- FAQ About Personal Injury Claims (Part 7)
- What Are Compensatory Damages?
- Can You Be Compensated For Future Lost Wages?
- How To Hire The Right Personal Injury Lawyer
- What You Need To Know When Hiring An Injury Law Firm
- Why Trial Experience Is So Important (Part 1)
- Why Trial Experience Is So Important (Part 2)
- What Steps Should You Take After An Accident?
- What Our Firm Does When Presented With A Difficult Case
- A Resource For Helping You Select A Qualified Personal Injury Lawyer
- What You Need To Know About Wrongful Death Claims (Part 1)
- What You Need To Know About Wrongful Death Claims (Part 2)
- What You Need To Know About Wrongful Death Claims (Part 3)
- Basic Information About Maritime Injury Claims
- What You Need To Know About The Jones Act
- What You Need To Know About Recreational Boating Accidents
- Catastrophic Injury Claims: Jury Verdicts VS. Settlements
- What You Need To Know About Amputation Injuries
- What You Need To Know About Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)
- A Case Example Of How Our Firm Handles TBI Claims
- What You Need To Know About Spinal Cord Injuries
- How A Commercial Truck Crash Differs From A Car Accident
- Why It Is Important For Your Truck Accident Lawyer To Have Trial Experience
- How Can Technology Impact A Truck Accident Claim?
- Distracted Driving & Commercial Vehicles
- Speed & Stopping Distance For Commercial Vehicles
- Drug Use & Fatigue In Commercial Vehicle Accidents
- Underinsured Motorist Coverage In Trucking Accidents
- Unusual Injuries Sustained In Commercial Truck Accidents
- A Case Example of How Our Firm Handles Truck Accident Claims
- What You Need To Know About Pharmacy Errors
- What Are The Dangers Of Distracted Driving?
- What Are The Dangers Of Drunk Driving?
- Basic Information About Industrial Accidents
- How Common Are Industrial Accidents?
- Why Are Industrial Accident Claims Challenging?
- What Makes An Explosion Case Different From Other Industrial Accidents?
- What You Need To Know About Forklift Injuries
- What You Need To Know About Defective Product Claims
- What Is A Common Defense Made For Defective Products?
- What You Need To Know About Tire Defects
- What You Need To Know About The Takata Airbag Recall
- Basic Information Regarding Medical Malpractice
- Wrongful Death Caused By Medical Malpractice
- Why Medical Malpractice Claims Take A Long Time
- Basic Overview On Nursing Home Abuse Claims
- Is Nursing Home Negligence Common?
- Why is Wandering Considered Nursing Home Abuse?
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About Our Firm
- How Our Firm Selects The Personal Injury Claims We Represent
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- Why Our Firm Is Equipped To Represent Sports Accident Injury Claims
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- Why Our Firm Is Equipped To Represent Products Liability Claims
- Why Our Firm Is Equipped To Represent Maritime Injury Claims
- Why Our Firm Is Equipped To Represent Industrial Accident Claims
- Why Our Firm Is Equipped To Represent Class Action Litigation
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- Why Our Firm Is Equipped To Represent Construction Litigation Claims
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- Cunningham Bounds Has A Track Record Of Success
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2021
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October
- Perfecting An Appeal Of An Arbitration Award
- Improper 54(b) Certification
- Benchmark Litigation Honors Cunningham Bounds with Top Ranking for 2022
- Collateral Bar Rule – Civil Contempt – Alimony
- Sovereign Immunity – ALDOT Director
- Improper 54(b) Certification
- Contractual Waiver of Jury Demand
- Mandamus Procedure
- Medical Negligence – Relation Back of Amendments – Error Preservation – Wrongful Death Remittitur
- County DHR Employees – State-Agent Immunity
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September
- Open Records Act – Criminal Investigation Exception
- Insurance Coverage Dispute – Summary Judgment – Effect of Default
- Construction of Deeds – Destructibility of JTWROS
- Lawyer Referral Fee
- Juvenile Court Erred In Excluding Teenage Daughter’s Testimony In Custody Dispute
- Appearance By Attorney
- Declaratory Judgment – Justiciable Controversy
- Service By Publication – Void Judgment
- Breach of Written Lease
- Estate Administration – Sufficiency of Evidence of Paternity
- Workers’ Compensation – Aggravation Versus Recurrence of Prior Injury – Lack Of Trial Transcript
- Dismissal For Failure To Prosecute Reversed
- Common Auto Mishaps During Summer
- $8.25 Million Settlement for Injuries Caused by “Miller Saws”
- Accrual of Cause of Action – § 6-5-482, Ala. Code 1975
- Failure To Revive Judgment Moots Fraudulent Conveyance Claims
- County Boards of Education – Sovereign Immunity
- Circuit Court Jurisdiction – Rule 59, Ala. R. Civ. P.
- Voluntary Dismissal – Transfer of Structured-Settlement Rights – Intervention – Interpleader
- Attorney Discipline
- Teacher Entitled To State-Agent Immunity – Failure To Attach Deposition Excerpts To Opposition To Summary Judgment
- Preserving Error In Bench Trial – Contract – Piercing Corporate Veil
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August
- Implied Partnership – Ownership of Partnership Property
- Contempt Sanctions – Litigation Accountability Act
- Injunctive Relief – Due Process
- Declaratory Judgment – Summary Judgment Procedure
- Compulsory Counterclaim – Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors
- Will Contest – Subject Matter Jurisdiction of Circuit Court
- Preservation of Error – Impeachment By Conviction
- Trial Subpoena Duces Tecum
- Best Lawyers® Honors 13 Cunningham Bounds, LLC Attorneys in 2022 Edition
- Untimely Appeal – Final Judgment
- New Argument May Not Be Raised On Rehearing
- Justiciable Controversy
- 5 Steps To Take After A Boating Accident
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July
- Stay of Parental-Rights-Termination Proceedings Not Required Despite Parallel Criminal Proceeding
- Worker’s Compensation Benefits – Assault By Co-Worker
- ALSLA Exclusive Remedy Provision
- Juvenile Court May Retain Jurisdiction Over Dependency Proceedings After Filing Of A Motion Pursuant To Rule 41(a)(1)
- Recusal Not Warranted
- Top 3 Summertime Accidents
- Corporations Cannot Have Civil Case Stayed Based On Speculation That An Individual Co-Defendant May Invoke Self-Incrimination Pr
- Mother Not Entitled To Stay Of Parental-Rights-Termination Proceedings
- Ala. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A) and Timeliness of Appeal From Order Granting Injunction
- Alabama Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, § 35-6A-1, et seq.
- Successive Ala. R. Civ. P. 60(b) Motions Not Permitted
- Agency, Independent Contractor, Workers’ Compensation Exclusivity
- Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1987, § 6-5-540, et seq. and Necessity of Expert Testimony
- Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1987, § 6-5-540, et seq. and Necessity of Expert Testimony
- Termination of Attorney-Client Contract
- Firework Safety 101
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June
- Appellate Waiver
- Ejectment & Mesne Profits
- Negligent Maintenance & Repair, Bases of Duty
- Alabama Medical Liability Act & Judgment As A Matter Of Law
- Finality of Judgment & Dismissal of Appeal
- Unjust Enrichment
- Ala. R. Civ. P. 56(f), Piercing the Corporate Veil and Breach of Contract Damages
- Ala. R. Civ. P. 19(a) & Joinder of Indispensable Parties
- Uninsured Motorist Insurance Coverage
- Ore Tenus Rule & Presumption Trial Court Judgment Is Correct
- Ala. Code § 6-5-440 & Abatement
- Requirements To Perfect Transfer of Will Contest to Circuit Court
- Lawdragon Honors Partners of Cunningham Bounds in 2021 Guide
- How to Prove Another Driver Was Distracted Before a Car Accident
- Fictitious Parties Practice – Co-Employee Liability
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May
- Claims Related To Opioid Epidemic Time Barred
- Rule 54(b) Certification Improper Due To Identical Unadjudicated Claims Pending in the Trial Court
- Arbitrability
- Redemption From Tax Sale
- Removal of Administrator – Notice Regarding Final Settlement of Estate
- Single-Subject Rule of § 45, Ala. Const. 1901
- Cunningham Bounds One of Only Two Law Firms in Alabama to Receive Top Ranking by Chambers and Partners
- Personal Jurisdiction Not Established by Alabama Contacts of Independent Contractor
- Grantor Lacks Standing To Rescind Irrevocable Trust – Unilateral Mistake
- Sale For Division – Indispensable Party – Ouster
- State-Agent Immunity
- Action Seeking Refund of Overpayment of Retail Liquor Taxes Barred By Sovereign Immunity
- Will Contest - Removal To Circuit Court
- Retaliatory Discharge
- Sexual Assault Victim's Suicide Is Not As A Matter Of Law A Superseding Cause
- When Is It Legal to Use a Phone While Driving?
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April
- Discovery of Income Tax Returns Requires Showing of "High" Relevance
- Noncompete Agreement Ancillary to Sale of a Business - Death of Obligor
- Relation Back Unavailable Where Complaint Did Not Name Fictitious Parties
- The CDC Says Distracted Driving Is Like Driving Blindfolded
- Written Request to Transfer Will Contest to Circuit Court Divests Probate Court of Jurisdiction
- Domestic Relations Division Of Jefferson Circuit Court Had Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over Tort Claims
- Circuit Court Has Jurisdiction To Consider Rule 37(a)(4) Motion For Sanctions Filed More Than 30 Days After Entry of Final Judgm
- Stand-Your-Ground Law - §§ 13A-3-23, Ala. Code 1975
- Temporary Guardianship May Not Be Automatically Renewed
- Dismissal With Prejudice - Violation of Due Process
- Ala. R. Civ. P. 54(b) Certification Reversed
- Presumption of Correctness Afforded Administrative Agency Determinations and Judicial Review
- Distracted Driving Doesn’t Just Involve Texting
- Ala. R. Civ. P. 59.1 Denial of Post-judgment Motion by Operation of Law not Impacted by Supreme Court's Administrative COVID-19
- Money-Lent, Open Account and Account-Stated
- Mandamus Petition Denied when Moot because Petition no Longer presents a Justiciable Controversy
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March
- Statutory Requirements For Petition To Remove Conservatorship To Circuit Court
- Will Contest - Testamentary Capacity - Undue Influence
- Breach Of Settlement Agreement - Hearsay - Tortious Interference With Prospective Employment - Vicarious Liability
- Uniform Parentage Act
- Appeal Dismissed - Trial Court Lacked Authority To Extend 90-Day Period in Rule 59.1
- Determination of Fee Due To Discharged Attorney- Quantum Meruit
- Standing - Public Law Action
- Adverse Possession of Vacant Land
- Deeds - Bona Fide Purchaser
- Workers' Compensation - Return-To-Work Statute
- Mandate Rule
- Benchmark Litigation Ranks Cunningham Bounds as a Premier Firm for 2021
- Jurisdiction Over Marital Res
- Can a Passenger Ever Be Liable for a Car Accident?
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February
- Final Judgment - Premature Appeal
- Testamentary Capacity
- Order Declaring Judgment Satisfied Is Appealable
- Timeliness of Mandamus Petition - Contempt - Failure to Pay Filing Fee
- Contempt - Enforcement of Workers' Compensation Benefit Payment
- State-Agent Immunity - Elementary Education
- Negligence Per Se Not Established As A Matter of Law - Spoliation - Inadequacy of Compensatory Damages - Future Medicals
- Defendant Failed to Preserve Challenges To Sufficiency of and Admission of Evidence in Non-Jury Trial
- Criminal Contempt Sanctions For Violating Mediation Order
- Sufficiency of Mandamus Petition - Rule 21(a)(1)(E), Ala. R. App. P.
- Summary Judgment Procedure
- Parties May Not Divest Alabama Courts of Jurisdiction Over Workers' Compensation Claim Arising From Injury In Alabama
- Timeliness of Mandamus Petition
- Improper Rebuttal Closing Argument - UIM - Reply-In-Kind
- Workers' Compensation - Scheduled Injury
- Who’s Responsible for a Weather-Related Car Accident?
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January
- Contributory Negligence Per Se - Subsequent Negligence - Wantonness
- Fictitious Parties Practice - Relation Back
- Office of Indigent Defense Services - Sovereign Immunity - Third-Party Standing
- Submission of Question of Law to Jury Reversible Error
- Mandamus Review of Order Compelling Discovery
- Order Denying MTD Not Subject To Mandamus Review
- Stay - Alleged Parallel Criminal Proceedings
- Waiver of Right To Compel Arbitration
- Denial of Motion to Quash Garnishment Not Appealable
- Absence of Written Contract Does Not Void Contract With Licensed Homebuilder
- 5 Catastrophic Injuries That Result from Truck Accidents
- Testimony Analyzing Historical Cell Site Data Is Scientific In Nature and Subject To Rule 702(b), Ala. R. Evid.
- 3 Ways Trucking Companies Can Prevent Truck Accidents
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October
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2020
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December
- Remedy for Wrongful Foreclosure
- Venue in Multi-Plaintiff Action - Forum Non Conveniens
- Municipal Regulations of Wetlands In The Police Jurisdiction
- Scope of Arbitration Agreement - Equitable Estoppel
- Medical Negligence Claim Against Board-Certified Physician - Similarly Situated Healthcare Provider
- Final Judgment - Premature Appeal
- Statute of Limitations Defense & No Evidence of "Bona Fide Intent" to have Complaint Immediately Served
- Want of Appellate Jurisdiction & Dismissal of Appeal
- Alabama Uniform Trust Code/Jurisdiction of Circuit and Probate Courts
- Judicial Recusal; Validity of Dismissal & Release Order; Alabama Litigation Accountability Act, § 12-19-270 et seq.
- Invocation of Fifth Amendment - Contempt Sanctions
- Subject-Matter Jurisdiction - Statutory Construction
- Enforcement of Subdivision Restrictive Covenants
- Recusal of Trial Judge
- Delay In Filing Motion To Disqualify Counsel Waives Objections
- Summary Judgment Striking Defenses Too Severe a Sanction For Alleged
- Preclusive Effect of Administrative Findings
- Bond Required To Obtain Seized Property During Pendency Of Forfeiture Proceeding
- Express Easement
- 54(b) Certification
- Possession By Mortgagor Not Averse To Mortgagee - Laches
- Workers' Compensation Benefits - Workplace Assault
- Filing of Will Contest Following Removal of Estate Administration to Circuit Court
- General Personal Jurisdiction
- Scope of Remand Order - Law of the Case
- Mental Capacity To Agree To Arbitrate
- Scope of Easement - Exclusion of Expert Testimony - Attorney Fee Award
- Appellate Record Must Contain Direct and Unequivocal Agreement To Extend Time To Rule On Postjudgment Motion
- Who’s Responsible for a Construction Site Accident?
- Cunningham Bounds, LLC Achieves $2M Verdict for Deputy Sheriff
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November
- 13 Cunningham Bounds, LLC Attorneys in Super Lawyers®, Rising Stars, Top 50 Lists in 2020 Edition
- County Not Liable For Flooding In Subdivision Adjacent to County Park
- Litigation Privilege - Licensed Professional Counselors's Breach of Confidentiality
- Heir Property - Cotenants Are Necessary Parties
- Standard of Review Bench Verdict on Stipulated Facts - Will Execution
- Cunningham Bounds Obtains $2 Million Jury Verdict for Sheriff’s Deputy Hit By 18-Wheeler
- Canons of Judicial Ethics
- Environmental Injury & Standing to Sue
- Cunningham Bounds Rated Among "Best Law Firms" of 2021 for 9 Practice Areas
- The Dangers of a Faulty Shut-Off Switch
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October
- Exclusion in Termite Treatment and Repair Contract
- Recusal
- UIM - Mandamus Relief Not Available to Review Order Reinstating Claims Against Defendants
- Ex parte Communications with Former Managerial Employee of Defendant
- Intervening UIM Carrier May Not Subsequently Opt Out
- Appellate Procedure - Failure to Comply With Rule 28, Ala. R. App. P.
- Inadequacy of Foreclosure Notice
- Dismissal For Failure to Prosecute Reversed
- Waiver of Right to Compel Arbitration
- School Board Employees Not Exempt From Municipal Occupancy Tax
- Divorce - Subject-Matter Jurisdiction to Enforce Settlement Agreement
- Cunningham Bounds Attorneys Steve Olen and Steven L. Nicholas Selected to 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers
- Cunningham Bounds in Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers
- Divorce - Division of 401(k) - Collateral Attack on Divorce Judgment
- Fact Admitted In Pleadings Need Not Be Proven
- What Are the “Fatal Four” Construction Site Hazards?
- What Are the Most Dangerous Jobs in the Country?
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September
- Oral Trust - Application of Clear and Convincing Evidence Standard at Summary-Judgment Stage
- Medical Negligence, Similarly Situated Healthcare Provider, § 6-5-548(c)(3) Ala. Code 1975 and Necessity of Expert Testimony in
- Unlawful Gambling, Public Nuisance, § 6-5-120, Ala. Code 1975 and Necessary and Indispensable Parties Under Rule 19(a) and (b) A
- Judgment as a Matter of Law, Respondeat Superior, Ratification, Negligent/Wanton Training, Supervision and Retention
- Judicial Recusal and Appellate Issue Preservation
- Civil Contempt; Rule 70A, Ala. R. Civ. P.
- Uninsured Motorist Insurance Coverage and Public Roads
- Uninsured Motorist Insurance Coverage and Stacking. § 32-7-23, Ala. Code 197
- ERISA Preemption, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq.
- Indispensable Party
- Key-Man Life Insurance, Material Misrepresentation, Recission
- Suicide and Foreseeability
- Non-Attorney May Not Represent A Trust In A Legal Proceeding
- Construction of Judgments
- Real Estate, Caveat Emptor and "As Is" Clauses
- Medical Negligence and Similarly Situated Healthcare Providers
- Statutory Immunity Under Alabama's Adult Protective Services Act § 38-9-11, Ala. Code 1975
- Public Education Employees Health Insurance Plan ("PEEHIP") and Venue
- Mandamus Review of Denial of Motion to Strike Amended Complaint
- What to Do if You Took Zantac® and Developed Cancer
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August
- Failure To Join Necessary Party
- Administrator ad Litem
- Rule 60 - Premature Notice of Appeal
- Removal of Estate to Circuit Court
- Conversion - Respondeat Superior - Negligent Hiring and Supervision
- Best Lawyers® Featured 13 Cunningham Bounds, LLC Attorneys for 2021 Edition
- Certified Mail Service - Affidavit Required by Rule 4(i)(2)(B)(ii)
- Jurisdiction of Court of Civil Appeals - Mandamus
- Attorney Disqualification - Law of the Case
- Why Did the FDA Remove Zantac® from the Market?
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July
- Reasonableness of Guardian Ad Litem's Fee
- Prenuptial Agreement
- Zantac® May Increase the Chance of Developing These Cancers
- Discovery & Protective Orders & Ex parte Interviews with Plaintiffs’ Health Care Providers
- Due Process – Guardianship Proceeding
- Intestate Estate Administration
- Equal Protection – Voting Rights
- What You Need to Know About the Zantac® Recall
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June
- Cunningham Bounds Investigates Cases of Eye Damage Linked to Elmiron®
- State-Agent Immunity
- Premises Liability - Open and Obvious Danger
- Medical Negligence - Prima Facie Case
- Subject Matter Jurisdiction - Suit Against Foreign Executor
- Specific Performance
- Forum Non Conveniens
- Direct Criminal Contempt
- Homeowner's Policy - Coverage of Other Structures - Negligent Procurement of Insurance
- Tax Sale
- Fictitious Parties Practice
- Foreclosure Notice
- Injunction - Mootness
- Mortality Table - Permanent Injury - Error Preservation
- Requirements for Order Granting Preliminary Injunction
- Requirements for Issuance of Injunction - Appellate Procedure
- Mandamus
- Ethics Law - § 36-25-24(a), Ala. Code 1975
- State-Agent Immunity - Municipal Police Officer
- Juror Misconduct - Internet Search
- Award of Fees Under Prevailing-Party Provision
- Collateral Attack On Administrative Agency Ruling - Intrinsic Fraud
- Forum Non Conveniens - Interest-of-Justice Transfer
- Moving Forward After a Wrongful Death
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May
- Construction of Art. IV, § 94.01, Ala. Const. 1901 (Off. Recomp.)/§ 35-4-410, Ala. Code 1975, Regarding City's Development of Re
- Mandamus and Ala. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2) Dismissal For Want of Personal Jurisdiction
- Protected Game Animals § 9-11-30(a), Ala. Code 1975 and Rules of Statutory Construction
- Implied Contracts and Prompt Pay Act, §§ 8-29-1 through 8-29-8, Ala. Code 1975
- Fraud in the Inducement and Reliance
- Uninsured Motorist Insurance Coverage
- Timeliness of Appeal of Arbitration Award - Rule 71B, Ala. R. Civ. P.
- State-Agent Immunity - School Bus Driver
- FELA - Summary Judgment Procedure - Isolated Deposition Excerpts
- Ownership of CD In Joint Names - Inter Vivos Gift
- Unjust Enrichment - Affirmative Defense
- Wrongful Death Statute of Limitations
- Justiciable Controversy - Civil Enforcement of Traffic-Signal Violations Captured By Video
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April
- Relation Back of Amendment Naming Correct Defendant - Rule 15, Ala. R. Civ. P.
- Availability of Mandamus Review - Direct Action Statute
- Dram Shop - ABC Regulation Prohibiting Over-Serving
- Proximate Cause - Lost Profits - Circumstantial Evidence
- Workers' Compensation - Forum Non Conveniens
- At Cunningham Bounds, 7 Partners Named in 2020 Lawdragon 500
- Cunningham Bounds Chosen as Top Plaintiff Litigation Firm in Alabama by Chambers and Partners
- Res Ipsa Loquitur
- Parental Relocation - Final Judgment - Untimely Appeal
- How to Prove Wrongful Death
- Married Venire Members - Challenge for Cause - Admission of Evidence - Harmless Error
- Divorce - Jurisdiction - Domicile
- What Qualifies as a Wrongful Death?
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March
- Appointment of Judge Following Recusal of Presiding Circuit Judge
- Derivative Suit - Demand Requirement - Rule 23.1, Ala. R. Civ. P. - Mandamus Review
- Review of Judgment In Bar Disciplinary Proceedings - Appellate Procedure
- Collateral Attack in Probate Court on Prior Circuit Court Judgment
- Special-Needs Trust - Payment of Trustee Fee After Medicaid Beneficiary's Death
- Wrongful Death - Relation Back - Rule 17, Ala. R. Civ. Proc.
- Post-Judgment Discovery During Pendency of Appeal Challenging Service of Process
- Municipal Cemetery - Duty to Preserve Adornments To Graves
- Choice of Law Regarding Trust Administration - Award of Attorney's Fees for Trustee Malfeasance
- Recreational Use Statutes - Statutory Construction
- Hearing on Postjudgment Motion
- Can You Recover From a Traumatic Brain Injury?
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February
- Workers' Compensation Exclusivity - Mandamus Procedure
- Real Estate Consumer's Agency and Disclosure Act
- Specific Personal Jurisdiction
- Defamation - Exception to Fair Reporting Privilege - State Immunity
- Arbitration - Authentication of Agreement
- Legal Malpractice Claim - Summary Judgment - Expert Testimony Requirement
- Appeal From Decision of Civil Service Board - Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
- Subject-Matter Jurisdiction Over Divorce - Pendente Lite Custody Order - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act (UCC
- Declaratory Judgment - Mootness
- Cunningham Bounds Named “Highly Recommended” by Benchmark Litigation
- Cunningham Bounds Named a Leading Litigation Firm by Benchmark Litigation in 2020
- Zantac Cancer Lawsuits and Recalls Continue to Increase
- Fictitious Parties - Relation Back
- Substantive Arbitrability - Scope of Agreement
- Is a TBI a Catastrophic Injury?
- Ex parte Right at Home, LLC
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January
- Students First Act - Common-Law Writ of Certiorari
- Mandamus - Personal Jurisdiction
- Premises Liability - Open and Obvious
- UIM - Insurer's Right to Jury Trial After Opting Out
- County Contracting Authority - Constitutional Avoidance
- Direct Action Statute - Availability of Mandamus Review
- Mandamus - Depositions of Executive Officers - Apex Rule
- AMLA - Discovery - § 6-5-551, Ala. Code 1975
- Timeliness of Appeal from Order Removing Personal Representative
- § 6-8-84, Ala. Code 1975 Not Applicable To Counterclaim Against Party Involuntarily Joined
- Probate of Lost Will
- Due Process - Void Judgment
- Alabama Legal Services Liability Act ("ALSLA") - Statute of Limitations
- Workers' Compensation
- What Causes Traumatic Brain Injuries?
- Forum Non Conveniens - Interest of Justice
- AMLA - Similarly Situated Healthcare Provider - JML
- Mandamus Review of Order Granting Motion to Dismiss - Right to Trial by Jury - Amended Complaint
- Service by Publication - Default Judgment
- Dismissal With Prejudice for Failure to Prosecute
- Cunningham Bounds to Sponsor 6th Annual Downtown Cajun Cook-Off
- The Dangers of a Traumatic Brain Injury
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December
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2019
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December
- Non-Solicitation Agreement - Professional - Preliminary Injunction Bond
- Mandamus - Discovery - Employment Records of Non-party Witnesses
- Construction of Divorce Settlement Agreement - Alimony in Gross - Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act
- Cohabitation of Previously Divorced Parents - Notice of Contempt Proceeding - Impossibility
- Specific Personal Jurisdiction
- Self-Proving Will - Ala. Code § 43-8-132 - Trial of Issues by Implied Consent
- Ex parte Visitation Order - Mandamus - Rule 65(b), Ala. R. Civ. P. Certification
- Tax Deed - Ejectment - Demand For Possession - Mesne Profits
- Statute of Limitations - Service of Process
- Inverse Condemnation - § 235, Ala. Constitution
- Failure to Assert Compulsory Counterclaim
- State-Agent Immunity - Municipal Public Works Director - Road Maintenance
- Worker's Compensation Exclusivity - Mandamus Procedure
- Venue
- State-Agent Immunity
- Appellate Jurisdiction
- Filing a Workers’ Compensation Claim in Alabama
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November
- Mandamus - Discovery - Attorney-Client Privilege - Work-Product Doctrine
- Public Service Commission - § 37-1-31, Ala. Code 1975 - Exclusive Adjudicatory Jurisdiction
- Alabama Memorial Preservation Act, § 41-9-231 et seq., Ala. Code 1975
- Cunningham Bounds, LLC Achieved $3 Million Verdict for Truck Accident Injury Victim
- Attorney Finkbohner Featured on “Great Trials Podcast” for His Landmark $140M Verdict
- Appellate Review - Waiver
- Ala. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(4) - Motion to Set Aside Default Judgment
- Ala. R. Civ. P. 4(c)(6) - Service of Process Upon Corporations
- Ala. Code § 6-3-7(a); Venue
- Workers' Compensation Act, § 25-5-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975; Exclusivity Provisions
- Common Causes of Workplace Accidents
- Cunningham Bounds Attorneys Named to 2019 Super Lawyers® List
- Commercial Lease - Material Breach
- Cunningham Bounds, LLC Selected To 2020 "Best Law Firms" by U.S. News - Best Lawyers®
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October
- Ala. R. Civ. P. 17(c); Guardian ad Litem
- Section 6-5-530, Ala. Code 1975; Abrogation of Wyeth, Inc. v. Weeks, 159 So. 3d 649 (Ala. 2014)
- Mootness; Want of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
- Uninsured Motorist Insurance Coverage; Construction of Policy Provisions
- Section 20-2-93, Ala. Code 1975, Civil Forfeiture
- Section 37-6-20, Ala. Code 1975; Electric Cooperatives and Patronage-Refunds
- Arbitration; Dismissal of Appeal
- Section 43-8-224, Ala. Code 1975, Alabama's Antilapse Statute
- Appellate Procedure; Waiver
- Workers' Compensation; Outrage; Misrepresentation; Suppression; Conspiracy
- Article I, § 25, Ala. Const. 1901, Right to Petition Government for Redress of Grievances
- Cunningham Bounds, LLC Placed in the Hall of Fame of the National Law Journal
- Alabama Workers’ Compensation Laws
- Cunningham Bounds Welcomes New Associate Jennifer B. Jayjohn
- Cunningham Bounds Verdict Ranks #4 in National Law Journal Hall of Fame
- Protecting Your Rights After an Industrial Accident
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September
- Mandamus - Bar of Limitations Apparent from Face of Complaint - Option Contract
- Statute of Frauds - Oral Stock Purchase Agreement - Full Performance - Conversion of Corporate Property
- Rule 11 - Failure to Sign Complaint - Statute of Limitations - § 6-2-3, Ala. Code 1975
- Authority of Counsel Following Death of Party
- Substantive Municipal Immunity - Negligent Inspection
- American National Property & Casualty Co. v. Gulf Coast Aerial, LLC
- Ex parte Advanced Disposal Services South, LLC
- Third-Party Spoliation of Evidence - Ore Tenus Review - Wanton Spoliation
- Termination of Municipal Employee - Common Law Writ of Certiorari - Appellate Procedure
- Summary Judgment - Entitlement to Hearing
- Venue - Ala. Code § 6-3-21 Transfer for Convenience of Parties and Witnesses and in Interest of Justice
- Alabama Legal Services Liability Act, § 6-5-570, et seq., Ala. Code 1975
- Venue - Ala. Code § 6-11-23.1 Transfer for Convenience of Parties and Witnesses and in Interest of Justice
- Garnishment - Ala. R. App. P. 28(a)(10) Waiver
- Workers' Compensation - Hearing Loss - Ripeness
- Recusal - § 12-24-3, Ala. Code 1975 - Attachments to Appellate Briefs - Newly Discovered Evidence
- Arbitration
- Maximizing Your Recovery in a Commercial Vehicle Accident Case
- The Dangers of Trucking Under the Influence
- Standing - Unlicensed Contractor - Mandamus
- Unlawful Detainer - Service of Process
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August
- Section 1983 - Seizure of Vehicles From Driveway of Residence - Procedural Due Process
- Premises Liability - Open and Obvious - Wantonness
- False Arrest - Malicious Prosecution - Probable Cause
- Untimely Appeal - Rule 59.1, Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure
- Gregory B. Breedlove Named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America®
- 12 Cunningham Bounds Attorneys Named to 2020 Best Lawyers List
- Best Lawyers in America® 2020 Includes All Partners of Cunningham Bounds
- Who’s Liable in a Trucking Accident?
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July
- Six Attorneys Selected to Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers
- Cunningham Bounds Well Represented in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers
- Why Do Truck Accidents Happen?
- Tax Sale; Redemption; Res Judicata; Litigation Accountability Act
- Relocation-Reimbursement Agreement; Attorney Fees, Interest, and Costs
- Declaratory Judgment; Justiciable Controversy
- Garnishment; Exemption; § 6-6-227, Ala. Code 1975 (Service of Constitutional Challenges Upon the Attorney General)
- Rule 60(b)(4) - Lack of Notice
- Unjust Enrichment - Illegal Contract
- Open Records Act
- Mortgage Assignments - Duty to Record
- Personal Jurisdiction
- Understanding the Dangers of Truck Accidents
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June
- Cunningham Bounds Welcomes Aaron N. Maples As An Associate
- Adequacy of Brief of Appellant
- Rule 54(b) Certification
- Review of Arbitrator's Decision on Availability of Class Arbitration
- Respondeat Superior - Line and Scope of Employment
- Exemption from Zoning - Governmental Entity
- Postjudgment Interest
- Boundary Lines, Adverse Possession, Injunction, and Damages
- Attorneys' Fees and Contingency Fee Agreement
- Why It’s Important to Report Product Liability
- Attorney Gregory B. Breedlove Achieves Recertification In Civil Trial Law With The National Board Of Trial Advocacy
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May
- Forum Non Conveniens - Motor Vehicle Crash
- Leave to Amend Complaint After Dismissal
- Stay of Civil Proceedings Due to Criminal Investigation - Mandamus
- CGL Policy - Occurrence - Faulty Workmanship
- Administrative Procedure Act - Standard of Review
- Forum-Selection Clause
- Appellate Procedure
- Sales Tax - Purchase of Software
- Motion to Compel Arbitration
- Conversion of 12(b)(6) Motion to Motion for Summary Judgment
- Liability of Owner or Keeper of Dogs
- Default Judgment - Kirtland Factors
- Et al. Designation in Notice of Appeal - Malicious Prosecution
- Review of Civil Appeals Decision Denying Petition for Writ of Mandamus
- Dram Shop Act - Wrongful Death - Circumstantial Evidence
- Cunningham Bounds Honored by Chambers & Partners with Top Ranking
- Are There Multiple Parties Responsible for Product Liability?
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April
- Ex parte LG Chem, Ltd.
- In the Matter of the Complaint of Henry Marine Service, Inc., as Owner and Operator of the M/V Jamie H.
- Millions of Fisher-Price Sleepers Recalled Due to Infant Deaths
- Lucy E. Tufts Inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Declaratory Judgment - Justiciable Controversy
- Breach of Contract - Employment Agreement
- How Do I Know If a Product Is Safe Before Purchase?
- Ore Tenus Standard - Assignment of Note - Postjudgment Motion - Waiver
- Administrative Procedure Act Inapplicable To County Board of Health
- Mandamus Review of Discovery Order - Attorney-Client Privilege - Insurance Coverage Dispute
- Legislative Appropriation to Charitable Institution
- Final Judgment Rule
- Finality of Judgment For Money
- Appellate Procedure - § 34-3-21, Ala. Code 1975 - Authority of Attorney to Bind Client to Settlement Agreement
- Rule 59.1, Ala. R. Civ. P. - Subject Matter Jurisdiction - Void Judgment
- Future-Advance Mortgage - Priority - Rehearing
- The 3 Factors of Product Liability Cases
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March
- Waiver of Service of Process - Attorney's Notice of Appearance
- Judicial Review of License Suspension
- Defamation - 12(b)(6) Dismissal
- Deed - Undue Influence
- Arbitrability - Scope of Arbitration Provision
- Tolling of Time to Appeal From Final Judgments in Consolidated Cases
- Untimely Appeal - Date of Electronic Entry of Judgment
- Venue of Arbitration Proceeding
- § 1983 Claims Against County School Board - Eleventh Amendment Immunity - Subject-Matter Jurisdiction To Entertain Amended Compl
- Proceeding To Enforce Judgment - Subject-Matter Jurisdiction - Filing Fee
- Charter Schools - Statutory Construction - Quorum
- Open Meetings Act - Mootness - PEEHIP Premium Increase
- Jones v. Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Final Judgment Rule - Adverse Possession - Ore Tenus
- Standard of Review - Administrative Procedures Act
- Contempt - Time To Appeal - Waiver Of Constitutional Challenge
- Retaliatory Discharge - Error Preservation - Future Earnings - Mental Anguish - Waiver of Evidentiary Objections - Punitive Dama
- Waiver of Right to Challenge Venue
- Motion to Set Aside Default Judgment - Failure to Submit Supporting Evidence
- Sovereign Immunity - Slip and Fall - Alabama State University
- Outbound Forum-Selection Clause - Third-Party Claim
- Class Certification - Personal Jurisdiction
- Types of Damages Families May Be Eligible to Receive
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February
- Subject-Matter Jurisdiction - Action Filed Against Deceased Defendant
- Loan Participation Agreement - Plain Language Rule
- Inherent Power to Interpret Judgment
- Respondeat Superior - JML - Expert Testimony
- 54(b) Certification - Piecemeal Appellate Review
- Who's Liable in a Vehicle Mechanical Failure Accident?
- Can I Sue the Government for an Accident Resulting from Poor Road Conditions?
- MVA - Judgment as a Matter of Law
- Who Can File a Wrongful Death Lawsuit?
- Date Announced for the 5th Annual Downtown Cajun Cook-Off Presented by Cunningham Bounds, LLC
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January
- Non-Final Judgment Rule - Separate Trial on Counterclaims
- Attorney Fee Dispute - Jurisdiction - Attorney Lien Statute, § 34-3-61(b), Ala. Code 1975
- Rule 59 - New Trial - Newly Discovered Evidence
- Mandamus Compelling Trial Court to Rule on Venue Motion
- Venue - Appeal from Order of the Alabama Surface Mining Commission
- How Wrongful Death Occurs
- Workers' Compensation - Standard of Review - Cumulative Injuries
- Venue - Doing Business By Agent - § 6-3-7, Ala. Code 1975
- How a Family Is Impacted Following a Wrongful Death
- Ala. Code § 6-3-21.1(a) Venue - Transfer in the Interest of Justice
- Insurance and Agent's Duty of Care
- Ala. R. Civ. P. 41(b) Dismissal for Failure to Prosecute
- Jurisdiction and Timeliness of Post-Judgment Orders
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December
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2018
- December
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November
- Suit Against Surety of Notary Public - Statute of Limitations
- Forum Non Conveniens
- Summary Judgment Procedure - View of Scene by Circuit Judge
- Appellate Jurisdiction - Rule 59.1, Ala. R. Civ. P.
- All Partners of Cunningham Bounds Recognized in 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers
- Lawsuit Filed Today on Behalf of Austistic Young Man Killed at Group Home
- The Long-Term Impact of Paralysis
- Outbound-Forum-Selection Clause
- Negligence - Icy Roads
- Mootness
- Divorce - Lack of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
- Finality of Judgment - Contempt
- Abatement - Actions Taken By Personal Representative Prior to Appointment
- Medical Negligence - Expert Testimony - Summary Judgment
- Divorce - Implied Revocation of Beneficiary Designation - § 30-4-17, Ala. Code 1975
- Contributory Negligence - Spoliation of Evidence - Excessiveness of Compensatory Damages
- Timeliness of Filing of Notice of Appeal
- Sovereign Immunity - Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission
- Mailbox Rule - Appeal of Tax Assessment
- Cunningham Bounds, LLC Included in 2019 Best Law Firms as a Tier 1 Law Firm
- Cunningham Bounds Earns U.S. News - Best Lawyers® Best Law Firms 2019 Ranking
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October
- Ejectment - Intervention - Indispensable Party
- Summary Judgment - Waiver - Standing - Campbell v. J.R.C., J.L.C., R.L.C., and J.H.S.
- Summary Judgment - Waiver - Standing (Norvell v. Norvell)
- Premises Liability - Summary Judgment
- Summary Judgment; Fraudulent Conveyance
- In Which Ways Do TBIs Occur?
- VA Disability Benefits - Child Support
- Arbitration - Lack of Mental Capacity
- What Injuries are Considered to Be Catastrophic?
- Necessary and Indispensable Parties, Ala. R. Civ. P. 19
- Corporate Opportunity Doctrine; Constructive Trusts
- Airport Authority; Immunity
- Medical Negligence; Verdict New Trial
- Recreational Use Statute
- Attorney Disqualification; Rules of Professional Conduct
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September
- Adoption - Fraud on the Probate Court
- Dependency - Due Process
- Trade Fixtures - Secured Sale Agreement - § 7-1-203, Ala. Code 1975
- Future-Advance Mortgage - Priority
- Deference to Administrative Agency
- Entry of Default Required for Entry of Default Judgment
- Mandamus Procedure - Ex parte Temporary Restraining Order
- Removal of Estate Administration to Circuit Court
- Discovery of Other Similar Incidents - Proportionality-Mandamus
- Construction of Taxing Statutes - Use Tax - Foreign Corporation - Presence of Agent In State
- Finality of Judgment
- State Bar Complaint - Immunity
- Burden to Establish Evidentiary Privilege - Ala. Code § 22-21-8 - Privilege Log
- Res Ipsa Loquitur - Post-Mortem Injuries to Corpse
- Jurisdiction to Modify Property Settlement Judgment
- State-Agent Immunity - Dashboard-Camera Video Evidence
- Fictitious Party Practice - Relation Back - Mandamus
- Venue - Declaratory Judgment Action Against Governmental Agency
- Consolidation - Finality - Prior Pending Action - Effect of Denial of Mandamus Relief
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August
- Modification of Alimony - Evidence of Payee Spouse's Financial Status
- Default Judgment - Denial by Operation of Law
- Sovereign Immunity - County Board of Education
- Fictitious Parties Practice - Relation Back of Amendment - Breach of Warranty
- Juror Affidavits - Juror Investigation - Requirement That Affidavit Be Sworn
- Twelve Attorneys from Cunningham Bounds, LLC Named to 2019 “Best Lawyers” List
- UIM Benefits - Phantom Motorist - Hearsay - Authentication
- Alabama Trial Lawyer Toby D. Brown Named 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America®
- Venue - Forum Non Conveniens
- Easement - Condemnation - Res Judicata
- Ex parte Mobile Infirmary Association d/b/a Mobile Infirmary Medical Center
- Restrictive Covenants - Relative Hardship Defense - Unclean Hands
- Thomas Jones, on Behalf of Themselves and Others Similarly Situated, etc. v. Singing River Health Services Foundation, et al.
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July
- Competitive Bid Law - Remedies
- Arbitration - Appellate Jurisdiction - Finality
- Nonclaim Statute - § 43-2-350, Ala. Code 1975 - Claim of Common Law Spouse
- Oasis Legal Finance, LLC v. James Marquez and Kennedy Dixon, et al.
- Ex parte Mobile Infirmary Association d/b/a Mobile Infirmary Medical Center
- Workers' Compensation - Willful Killing of Employee - Compensability
- AEMLD
- Wrongful Death - Capacity - Administrator Ad Litem
- State-Agent Immunity and State-Agency Immunity
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June
- IN MEMORY OF RICHARD BOUNDS
- Venue - Forum Selection Provision
- Stay of Civil Matter - Parallel Criminal Proceeding
- Relation Back of Amendment Adding Proper Party - Rule 15(c)(3), Ala. R. Civ. P.
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS PARTNER WAS ELECTED TO ALABAMA ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE
- Referendum of Trust - Sham Affidavit Rule
- Negligent Procurement of Insurance - Statute of Limitations - Accrual
- Will Contest
- Rule 54(b) Certification
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May
- Motion to Set Aside Default Judgment - Evidence Required
- Sovereign Immunity - Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
- Mandamus – Legal Services Liability Act – Severance
- Medical Negligence - Curative Admissibility - § 6-5-551, Ala. Code 1975
- Rule 60(b) Motion for Relief From Judgment
- Rule 60(a) – Timeliness of Appeal
- Pretrial Conference - Due Process
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS RECEIVES HIGHEST RANKING FROM CHAMBERS & PARTNERS
- Default - Failure to Attend Pretrial Conference
- Law-of-the-Case Doctrine
- Subject Matter Jurisdiction – Administration of Probate Estate – Declaratory Judgment
- Appellate Procedure - Motion for New Trial - Admissibility of Evidence of Financial Condition
- Subject Matter Jurisdiction – Taxpayer Standing
- Summary Judgment - Corporate Valuation
- Wrongful Death - Standing to Sue
- Mandamus to Compel a Trial Court to Rule
- Ex parte FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., Alabama Supreme Court Case No. 1170648, May 1, 2018, __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2018
- April
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March
- Arbitration - Unconscionability - Cemetery Internment Contract: SCI Alabama Funeral Services, LLC v. Hinton
- Prior Pending Action Statute § 6-5-440, Ala. Code 1975 - Dismissal - Mandamus
- Domestic Relations - Military-Retirement Benefits
- Outbound Forum Selection Clause - Alabama Heavy Equipment Dealer Act § 8-21B-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975
- Will Contest - Undue Influence
- Class Actions, Adequacy of Representative: Baldwin Mut. Ins. Co. V. McCain
- Corporate Fraud: Direct Vs. Derivative Actions: Nichols V. Healthsouth Corp.
- Workers' Compensation - Venue: Ex Parte Mercedes-Benz U.S. Int'l, Inc.
- MANDAMUS - OUTBOUND FORUM SELECTION CLAUSE: EX PARTE OASIS LEGAL FINANCE, LLC
- Ex parte Oasis Legal Finance, LLC
- McCallan v. Wilkins
- Ambiguities In An Employment Dispute Handbook Are To Be Construed In Favor Of Arbitration: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations,
- Section 43-2-354, Ala. Code 1975, Appeal From Probate Court To Circuit Court: Alabama Medicaid Agency V. Brooks
- Section 8-9a-1 Et Seq., Ala. Code 1975, Fraudulent Transfer Act Applies To Divorce Property Settlement: Holsombeck V. USAmeriban
- Judgment For Nominal Damages Affirmed In Personal Injury Case: Caplan V. Benator
- RULE 41(B) INVOLUNTARY DISMISSAL FOR FAILURE TO PROSECUTE: CURRY V. MILLER
- SECTION 3-5-3(A), ALA. CODE 1975, LIABILITY FOR LIVESTOCK ON ROADWAY: BREWER V. ATKINSON
- MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE - CAUSATION: HAMILTON V. SCOTT
- DECLARATORY JUDGMENT ACT - ADVISORY OPINIONS: WALKER COUNTY COMMISSION V. KELLY
- Appeal From Probate Court To Circuit Court - Condemnation Proceeding: Ex Parte Alabama Power Company
- JUDICIAL NOTICE: TABYSHALIEV V. TABYSHALIEV
- Assignment - Tortious Interference - Amendment Of Pleadings: Fitzpatrick V. Hoehn
- Finality Of Judgment - Motion For Attorney Fees: Strong V. Slate
- DISCOVERY - MANDAMUS: EX PARTE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE SERVICES, INC.
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February
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS SPONSORS NEW FUNDRAISER BENEFITING MCKEMIE PLACE
- JML - Negligence - Foreseeability: Dekalb-cherokee Counties Gas District V. Raughton
- Municipal Immunity - Duty - Jury Question: Ex Parte City Of Muscle Shoals
- FORUM NON CONVENIENS: EX PARTE STEPHEN HROBOWSKI
- Equitable Estoppel: Evabank V. Traditions Bank, Et Al.
- Mandamus Review Of Order Denying Motion To Dismiss: Ex Parte Jon S. Sanderson, Et Al.
- JML - Standard Of Review - Credibility: Brown & Dodds V. K&m Tree Services, Inc.
- Standards For Civil And Criminal Contempt: C.N.M. V. J.D.D.
- Personal Jurisdiction: Ex Parte International Creative Management Partners, LLC, DBA ICM Partners
- Prejudgment Interest - Challenge To Sufficiency Of The Evidence - Bench Trial: Ballard V. Lee A. McWilliams Construction, Inc.
- Outbound Forum-Selection Clause: Ex Parte United Propane Gas, Inc.
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January
- Dolgencorp, LLC, d/b/a Dollar General v. Deborah Revette, [Ms. 1160361, Ala. Jan. 12, 2018] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2018)
- $1.7 MILLION VERDICT UPHELD IN DOLLAR GENERAL SLIP-AND-FALL CASE
- Final Judgment - Appellate Jurisdiction: Joyner V. Stewart
- Premises Liability - Deficient Floor Inspections: Dolgencorp, Llc, DBA Dollar General V. Deborah Revette
- Mandamus Petition Timeliness - Motion To Reconsider: Ex Parte A.J.
- State-Agent Immunity Related To State Corrections Officials: Ex Parte Price And Lovelace
- Rule 56(F) Motion - State-Agent Immunity: Austill V. Krolikowski
- Tax Deed - Statute Of Limitations For Tax Deed Holder To Sue For Possession: Rioprop Holdings, LLC V. Compass Bank, Et Al.
- Merger Clause - Fraud In The Inducement - Breach Of Contract Claim: Jones V. The Village At Lake Martin, LLC
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2017
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December
- COUNTY DAMAGES CAP - § 11-93-2, ALA. CODE 1975 INAPPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY CLAIMS AGAINST GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES: WRIGHT
- ESTATE ADMINISTRATION - LAW OF THE CASE: WEHLE V. BRADLEY
- MERITS DISCOVERY WHILE MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION PENDING - MANDAMUS - DEATH OF PARTY DURING PENDENCY OF APPEAL: SLAMEN V. SLA
- FORUM NON CONVENIENS - INTEREST OF JUSTICE - LOCATION OF ACCIDENT: EX PARTE ELLIOTT
- PERMISSIVE APPEAL: BRONNER, ETC. V. BURKS II, ET AL.
- DOWNTOWN CAJUN COOK-OFF SLATED FOR MARCH 24
- 2017 SUPER LAWYERS LIST INCLUDES ALL PARTNERS OF CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS, LLC
- AMLA - DISCOVERY PRIVILEGE - ALA. CODE § 22-21-8 - MANDAMUS: EX PARTE TOMBIGBEE HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY
- REMOVAL OF PROBATE ADMINISTRATION FROM PROBATE TO CIRCUIT COURT: MCELROY V. MCELROY
- 12(B)(6) STANDARD OF REVIEW FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM - TORT OF OUTRAGE: WILSON V. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUN
- APPELLATE JURISDICTION - RULE 60 MOTION: EX PARTE EUGENE KEELER
- DIVORCE - PARALLEL CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS - STAY: EX PARTE T.K.
- RESULTING TRUST IN THE NATURE OF A MORTGAGE - STATUTE OF FRAUDS: NEWELL V. NEWELL
- APPELLATE JURISDICTION - MOTION FOR CONTEMPT - INTEREST ON UNPAID CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS: CLAY V. CLAY
- TIMELINESS OF APPEAL FROM DENIAL OF POST-JUDGMENT MOTION - FAILURE TO SUPPLEMENT DISCOVERY RESPONSE TO DISCLOSE EYEWITNESS - NEW
- AWARD OF ATTORNEY'S FEES UNDER LITIGATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACT - EFFECT OF PLAINTIFF'S VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF CLAIM: GREEN V. BEAR
- CIVIL CONTEMPT - CRIMINAL CONTEMPT - STANDARDS OF REVIEW: KIZALE V. KIZALE
- Materialman's Lien - Transfer from District to Circuit Court: McGee DBA FMC Mobile v. Dillards
- SUMMARY JUDGMENT - MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE - CHALLENGING CREDIBILITY OF AFFIANT - PROXIMATE CAUSE: COLEMAN V. ANNISTON HMA, LLC
- STATE-AGENT IMMUNITY - DHR EMPLOYEES - FAILURE TO SUBMIT EVIDENCE IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT: EX PARTE ANGELA
- ENFORCEMENT OF DIVORCE JUDGMENT - QDRO - FILING FEE REQUIRED: HATHAWAY V. FOOS
- TIMELINESS OF MANDAMUS PETITION - RELATION BACK OF AMENDMENT ADDING PARTY DEFENDANT AFTER EXPIRATION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS:
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November
- STAY OF EXECUTION - SUPERSEDEAS BOND - LAW OF THE CASE: EX PARTE MIA SIMONE CURTIS
- CONSPIRACY THEORY OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION: EX PARTE THE MAINTENANCE GROUP, INC.
- VENUE IN ACTION AGAINST STATE OFFICIALS - WAIVER: EX PARTE ALABAMA DIRECTOR OF FINANCE CLINTON CARTER
- CHALLENGE TO UNTIMELY MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL IN JUVENILE COURT - UNTIMELY MANDAMUS PETITION WHERE PETITION CHALLENGES TRIAL COURT'
- NOTICE OF APPEAL FILED AFTER APPELLANTS' BANKRUPTCY FILING - APPELLATE JURISDICTION: ALT V. ALT
- GEOFFREY M. WILLIAMS APPOINTED TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR ASSOCIATION OF LEGAL ADMINISTRATORS
- APPELLATE PROCEDURE: SMALLS V. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
- POST-NUPTIAL AGREEMENT - FRAUD IN THE INDUCEMENT: NORTHINGTON V. NORTHINGTON
- CHALLENGE TO EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT OF COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT - IMMUNITY - TAXPAYER STANDING: INGLE V. ADKINS
- ABATEMENT OF UNFILED CAUSE OF ACTION FOR PERSONAL INJURIES BY DEATH OF INJURED PARTY: SHELTON V. GREEN
- PARTNERSHIP DISPUTE - ARBITRATION - APPELLATE PROCEDURE: NORVELL, ET AL. V. PARKHURST, ETC.
- STANDING - CHALLENGE TO EXPENDITURE OF STATE FUNDS: MORROW AND ZEIGLER V. BENTLEY
- INCONSISTENT VERDICT - JURY'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS: JOHNSTON V. CASTLES AND CROWNS, INC., AND DELAIRE TIBBETTS
- REMITTITUR OF PUNITIVE DAMAGES - CREDIBILITY OF WITNESS-UNSIGNED AFFIDAVIT: THOMAS V. HEARD
- U.S. NEWS 2018 RANKING OF “BEST LAW FIRMS” INCLUDES CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS
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October
- SECTION 11-52-77, ALA. CODE 1975 - STRICT COMPLIANCE - MOOTNESS: EX PARTE FRANK S. BUCK, ET AL.
- Appellate Procedure - Rule 54(B) Certification: Ghee v. Usable Mutual Ins. Co. DBA Blue Advantage Administrators of Arkansas
- PHARMACY BOARD - STAY OF SUSPENSION ORDER - MANDAMUS: EX PARTE ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY
- FRAUD IN THE INDUCEMENT - PAROL EVIDENCE - MERGER CLAUSE: MCCULLOUGH V. ALLSTATE
- CLASS ACTION APPROVAL - STANDARD OF REVIEW - ATTORNEY FEES: LAWLER, ET AL. V. SAM JOHNSON AND CITY OF BIRMINGHAM RETIREMENT AND
- CHILD CUSTODY - PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT: MURPHY V. MURPHY
- PARENTAL KIDNAPPING PREVENTION ACT - JURISDICTION: B.M. V. J.B.R.
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS RECOGNIZED AS LEADING LITIGATION LAW FIRM IN ALABAMA
- WILL CONTEST - VENUE - PRIORITY: EX PARTE TAYLOR
- UIM - INSURERS' WAIVER OF COVERAGE DEFENSE: TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT V. WORTHINGTON
- DUI - ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL FROM LICENSE SUSPENSION: TAYLOR V. HARVEY
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS SPONSORS NETWORKING EVENT FOR PROFESSIONAL WOMEN & BENEFITTING PENELOPE HOUSE
- Marquez v. D.N.S. & Associates, Inc.
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September
- INDIAN TRIBAL IMMUNITY - DRAM SHOP CLAIM: HARRISON V. PCI GAMING AUTHORITY
- DISPUTE OVER GAMBLING WINNINGS AT INDIAN CASINO - ILLEGAL CONTRACT: RAPE V. POARCH BAND OF CREEK INDIANS
- TRIBAL SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY FROM TORT ACTION: WILKES V. PCI GAMING AUTHORITY
- ARBITRATION - TIMING OF MERITS DISCOVERY: EX PARTE LOCKLEAR CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE, ETC.
- FRAUD IN THE INDUCEMENT - HALF TRUTH - CONTINUANCE - PUNITIVE DAMAGES RATIO: ALABAMA RIVER GROUP AND GEORGE LANDEGGER V. CONECUH
- PROPER EXECUTION OF A WILL: PICKENS V. ESTATE OF DONALD HARRISON FENN
- ARBITRATION - ENFORCEMENT BY NON-PARTY - APPELLATE PROCEDURE - WAIVER - ALTERATION OF INSTRUMENT: LOCKLEAR AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC
- RULE 60 MOTION - CAPACITY TO CONTEST ADOPTION: M.M. AND R.F. V. K.J.Z. AND E.M.Z.
- SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION: PAULK V. PAULK
- APPELLATE PROCEDURE - CHILD CUSTODY NONFINAL JUDGMENT: DICKINSON V. BURTON
- REQUIREMENT OF DISPOSITIONAL HEARING - CUSTODY - RULE 615, ALA. R. EVID. - SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES: K.R. V. Z.B.
- APPELLATE PROCEDURE - MUNICIPAL BUSINESS LICENSE TAX ON FOREIGN SALES - P. J. LUMBER COMPANY, INC. V. CITY OF PRICHARD
- STATE-AGENT IMMUNITY - DRIVER OF MUNICIPAL FIRE TRUCK - "PATROLLING" - EX PARTE TERRENCE VENTER AND THE CITY OF SELMA
- ARBITRATION - WAIVER OF RIGHT TO ARBITRATE - NATION V. LYDMAR REVOCABLE TRUST
- PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION - ABSENCE OF IRREPARABLE INJURY - SLAMEN V. SLAMEN
- NEW SAFETY FEATURE AVAILABLE ON IPHONES: DO NOT DISTURB WHILE DRIVING
- TARGET RECALLS FURNITURE DUE TO RISK OF INJURY
- VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL - RULE 41(A)(1), ALA. R. CIV. P. - DEFENDANTS' STANDING TO SET ASIDE VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL - WALKER BROTHERS V
- UNDERINSURED MOTORISTS BENEFITS - BANKRUPTCY OF AT-FAULT DRIVER - EASTERLING V. PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE COMPANY
- Jones v. Singing River Health System, 2017 WL 4099500, __ F.Supp.3d __ (S.D. Miss., Sept. 15, 2017)
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST DEPUY DUE TO ATTUNE® KNEE REPLACEMENT FAILURE
- Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Morgan Stanley ABS Capital 1 Inc., et al. v. Wilm
- OMITTED SPOUSE - § 43-8-90, ALA. CODE 1975 - INTESTATE SHARE - JOINT BANK ACCOUNTS - IVEY V. IVEY
- Appellate Update AMLA - DISCOVERY OF INSURANCE LIMITS - PSYCHOTHERAPIST-PATIENT PRIVILEGE - § 22-21-8, ALA. CODE 1975 INCIDENT R
- STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS - MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE - INDEMNITY - § 6-5-482 - MCNAMARA V. BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY
- FORCED ARBITRATION: TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE ORDINARY CITIZEN
- RESTRAINT OF FEDERAL COURT PROCEEDINGS BY STATE COURT - BREACH OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT - EX PARTE ROBERT PRZYBYSZ
- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE - STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH NOTICE REQUIREMENTS - EX PARTE TRENTON TURNER
- STATE-AGENT IMMUNITY - ACTIONS OF MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS - § 6-5-338(A) - EX PARTE CITY OF SELMA
- § 6-3-21.1 - FORUM NON CONVENIENS INTEREST OF JUSTICE - NATIONAL TRUST INSURANCE COMPANY V. DOW CORNING
- CLASS ACTION - DISMISSAL OF CLASS ALLEGATIONS AT PLEADING STAGE - SUFFICIENCY OF CLASS DEFINITION - HALL V. ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGA
- MANDAMUS - SCOPE OF DISCOVERY - BUSINESS DISPUTE - PERSONAL FINANCIAL RECORDS - INCOME TAX RECORDS - EX PARTE ACTION AUTO SALES,
- RULE 5 PERMISSIVE APPEAL - REMOVAL OF SAFETY GUARD - 25-5-11(C)(2), ALA. CODE 1975 - SAARINEN V. HALL
- FORUM NON CONVENIENS - MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH - EX PARTE MIDSOUTH PAVING, INC.
- MANDAMUS - § 34-24-60, ALA. CODE 1975 - ALABAMA BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS - PRIVILEGE FROM DISCOVERY - EX PARTE HUNTE
- FORUM NON CONVENIENS - UNINSURED MOTORIST CLAIM - ADMISSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR MATERIALS SUBMITTED IN OPPOSITION TO FNC MOTION
- RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS - ENFORCEMENT - CONSTRUCTION - EX PARTE PHILLIP ODOM
- ARBITRATOR'S AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE ARBITRABILITY - WAIVER OF AND RIGHT TO ARBITRATE - MANAGED HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION, INC.
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August
- STEVEN L. NICHOLAS NAMED 2018 “LAWYER OF THE YEAR” BY THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA®
- CHILD BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK - NAME CHANGE - DUE PROCESS - SECOND MOTION TO VACATE - C.M. CA. V. J.L. CR.
- ILLEGALITY OF CONTRACT - JUDICIAL NOTICE - MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES - OPINION TESTIMONY ON THE LAW - ILLEGALITY ARGUMENT RAISED FOR
- MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY - EX PARTE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
- ALABAMA CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION CENTER (ACJIC) - 41-9-645 - FAILURE TO EXHAUST ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES - APPELLATE PROCEDUR
- VOLUNTARY OVERPAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT - WICKER V. HALLMAN
- MANDAMUS - CHILD'S PSYCHOTHERAPIST-PATIENT PRIVILEGE - RIPENESS - EX PARTE CHERRY GRACE SIMS
- HAVE YOU HAD KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY WITH A DEPUY IMPLANT?
- BUSINESS ALABAMA MAGAZINE FEATURES CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS IN TOP DOLLAR JURY AWARDS ARTICLE
- DEPUY ATTUNE® KNEE REPLACEMENT FAILURES INVESTIGATED BY CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS
- LAWYERS OF CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS RECOGNIZED IN THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA®
- ARBITRATION - VEHICLE FIRE - NON-SIGNATORY VEHICLE MANUFACTURER - NISSAN NORTH AMERICA V. SCOTT
- ARBITRATION - SCOPE OF AGREEMENT - DAPHNE AUTOMOTIVE, LLC V. EASTERN SHORE NEUROLOGY CLINIC, INC.
- PRESERVATION OF ERROR - WAIVER - AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE - WORKERS' COMPENSATION - GRIESER V. ADVANCED DISPOSAL SERVICES OF ALABAMA,
- BREACH OF INSURANCE CONTRACT - WAIVER - ANTICIPATORY BREACH - THOMAS V. SAFEWAY INSURANCE CO. OF ALABAMA, INC.
- FINALITY OF JUDGMENT - RULE 54(B) - STALLWORTH V. STALLWORTH
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July
- APPELLATE PROCEDURE - INVITED ERROR RULE - J.S. V. S.L.
- RELOCATION OF CUSTODIAL PARENT - HUBBARD V. HUBBARD
- SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION - REMOVAL OF PASTOR - ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS - TAYLOR V. PARADISE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
- Jones v. Singing River Health Servs. Found., 865 F.3d 285 (5th Cir. July 27, 2017)., reh'g denied (No. 16-60550 (Sept. 6, 2017))
- MEDICAL CAUSATION - WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS - STANDARD OF REVIEW - § 25-5-81(E)(2), ALA. CODE 1975 - WYATT V. BAPTIST HEA
- APPELLATE PROCEDURE - RULE 60(A), ALA. R. CIV. P. - NUNC PRO TUNC ORDERS - K. P. V. MADISON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION - SUMMARY JUDGMENT - MOTION TO STRIKE - BAILEY V. JACKSONVILLE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER
- IS YOUR ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE ON THE RECALL LIST DUE TO A FIRE HAZARD?
- SHIPBUILDERS WITH SAFETY PROBLEMS WINNING MILITARY CONTRACTS
- TIMELINESS OF FILING WRIT OF CERTIORARI SEEKING REVIEW OF PERSONNEL BOARD DECISION - EX PARTE MICHAEL KEY
- SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION - APPEAL FROM DISTRICT CIRCUIT COURT - DILLARD V. LEPORE
- ARBITRATION - APPELLATE PROCEDURE - COLONY HOMES, LLC V. ACME BRICK TILE & STONE, INC.
- ATTORNEY FEE DISPUTE AFTER TERMINATION UNDER CONTINGENT FEE CONTRACT - ORE TENUS RULE - POPE, MCGLAMRY, KILPATRICK, MORRISON & N
- EXPERT TESTIMONY - CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE - WANTONNESS - GOOD COUNT/BAD COUNT DOCTRINE - EXCESSIVENESS OF WRONGFUL DEATH VERDIC
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June
- APPELLATE REVIEW OF ARBITRATION AWARDS - HONEA V. RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVS, INC.
- RECOUPMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES UNDER U.C.C. § 7-4-208, ALA. CODE 1975 - WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. V. NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE
- BURDEN OF SHOWING ERROR & INJURY ON APPEAL; GUARDIAN AD LITEM FEES - TANNER V. TANNER
- RESIDENCE, DOMICILE & VENUE - EX PARTE HUDSON
- PROBATE COURT DISQUALIFICATION OF EXECUTORS; ORE TENUS REVIEW - ENGEL V. AMONETT
- OUTBOUND FORUM-SELECTION CLAUSE & FRAUD IN THE INDUCEMENT - EX PARTE JEWELS BY PARK LANE, INC.
- BURDEN OF SHOWING ERROR & INJURY ON APPEAL - L.D.K. V. V.K
- BURDEN OF SHOWING ERROR & INJURY ON APPEAL - ROBINSON V. ARNOLD
- ENFORCEABILITY OF ILLEGAL CONTRACTS - JACKSON V. BREWER
- INFANT CAR SEATS RECALLED DUE TO INJURY HAZARD. IS YOUR CHILD'S SAFETY AT RISK?
- COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION ISSUES - RAINBOW CINEMAS, LLC V. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION CO. OF ALA.
- NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS; TEMPORARY & PERMANENT INJUNCTIONS - CRANEWORKS, INC. V. RPM CRANES, LLC
- Lease Versus Sublease: Rules of Statutory Construction - Rochester-Mobile, LLC, and Salzman- Mobile, LLC v. C&S Wholesale Grocer
- RULE 54(B), ALA. R. CIV. P., FINALITY/DISMISSAL OF APPEAL - KIRBY V. JACK'S FAMILY RESTAURANTS, LP
- AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES-WAIVER - NEWMAN V. HOWARD
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION & VENUE - EX PARTE R.E. GARRISON TRUCKING, INC.
- PERFECTING AN APPEAL: PAYMENT OF APPELLATE FILING FEE IS NOT JURISDICTIONAL - ALEXANDER V. ESTATE OF BETHEA
- MANDAMUS, STAY OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE SUSPENSION - EX PARTE ALABAMA STATE BD. OF PHARMACY
- FATAL ACCIDENTS INVOLVING BIG RIGS ON THE RISE?
- IMPROPER RULE 54(B) CERTIFICATION OF SUMMARY JUDGMENT ORDER - COUNTERCLAIMS INTERTWINED WITH ORIGINAL CLAIMS - BEBEE PROPERTIES,
- Ex parte Mobile Infirmary Association d/b/a Infirmary Medical Center
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS ONLY ALABAMA LAW FIRM TO RECEIVE TOP PLAINTIFF RANKING IN CHAMBERS USA
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May
- RECREATIONAL USE STATUTES / REQUIREMENT OF ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE RISK OF HARM - EX PARTE CITY OF GUNTERSVILLE
- APPELLATE PROCEDURE & CIVIL CONTEMPT - HOPKINS V. HOPKINS
- ARBITRATION AGREEMENT - RETALIATORY DISCHARGE - SSC SELMA OPERATING COMPANY, LLC V. FIKES
- ARBITRATION - UNCONSCIONABILITY - SCOPE OF ARBITRATION PROVISION - FAMILY SECURITY CREDIT UNION V. ETHEREDGE
- WAIVER OF AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE - TRIAL BY IMPLIED CONSENT - ACCELERATION OF ORAL LOAN AGREEMENT - GERSTENECKER V. GERSTENECKER
- IMPROPER RULE 54(B) CERTIFICATION - UIM - BAD FAITH - RAGLAND V. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
- APPELLATE PROCEDURE - 54(B) CERTIFICATION - FIRESTONE V. WEAVER
- APPELLATE PROCEDURE - LIMITED NATURE OF GROUNDS FOR REHEARING - CAROLYN J. DAILEY V. MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
- YOUNG MAN KILLED WHEN FIRE EXTINGUISHER BECOMES HIGH-SPEED MISSILE: FIRE EQUIPMENT SERVICE COMPANY TO PAY $6 MILLION TO FAMILY
- TIMELINESS OF MANDAMUS PETITION - UNDERINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE - OPT-OUT PROCEDURE - EX PARTE ALLSTATE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY C
- RES JUDICATA - IMMUNITY UNDER § 11-99-A-7 - DUTY - RELIANCE BY PARTY NOT IN PRIVITY - FRAUD - CONSPIRACY - THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIA
- STATE-AGENT IMMUNITY - DHR INVESTIGATION - MANDAMUS REVIEW OF INTERLOCUTORY ORDER INVOLVING IMMUNITY - EX PARTE YOLANDA TERRY
- 2017 BEST LAWYERS BUSINESS EDITION “WOMEN IN THE LAW” RECOGNIZES LUCY TUFTS
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April
- IMPAIRMENT OF HOSPITAL LIEN - § 35-11-370 THROUGH-372 - EX PARTE ALFA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
- RETALIATORY DISCHARGE FOR FILING WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM - ALLEGED CONTRADICTION OF DEPOSITION TESTIMONY BY AFFIDAVIT - FOST
- PREMISES LIABILITY - SLIP AND FALL - SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE - SUFFICIENCY OF AFFIDAVIT - BARNWELL V. CLP CORPORATION
- Appellate Jurisdiction - Mootness - Notice Pleading - Brazelton Properties, Inc. DBA Plush Horse v. City of Huntsville
- SCOPE OF FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT - NEW TRIAL - "GOOD COUNT/BAD COUNT" - COMPLETE CASH HOLDINGS, LLC V. POWELL
- INDISPENSABLE PARTIES - MUNICIPAL IMMUNITY UNDER § 11-47-190 ON MISREPRESENTATION CLAIM - ACCRUAL OF CLAIM - STATUTE OF LIMITATI
- Mays v. General Motors, LLC, 2017 WL 1398471 (N.D. Ala. Apr. 19, 2017) (not reported in F.Supp.).
- § 6-2-3, ALA. CODE 1975 (STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS SAVINGS CLAUSE) & MOTION TO DISMISS - EX PARTE PRICE
- QUIET TITLE - SUBSTITUTION OF PARTIES - APPELLATE JURISDICTION - SAUNDERS V. INGRAM
- ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES ACT OF 1976, §§ 38-9-1 TO -11, ALA. CODE 1975 - NIX V. FRANKLIN COUNTY DEP'T OF HUMAN RESOURCES
- INVERSE CONDEMNATION - SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY - ACCESS TO PUBLIC HIGHWAY - SIMA PROPERTIES, L.L.C. V. JOHN R. COOPER
- ALIMONY & CHILD SUPPORT - PERSON V. PERSON
- Writ of Execution - Motion to Quash - Appellate Review - Keith Sharp and Guardian Brokers, Ltd., Inc. v. Dan Horton DBA Heritage
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March
- STATE IMMUNITY & LACK OF SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION - WOODFIN V. BENDER
- BREACH OF CONTRACT & SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE - GOLDEN V. VELASQUEZ
- In re Allegro Law, LLC, Debtor, 568 B.R. 832 (M.D. Ala. 2017)
- Ex parte Mobile Infirmary Association DBA Infirmary Medical Center
- JUDGMENTS UPON VERDICTS IN PERSONAL INJURY CASES AFFIRMED; PUNITIVE DAMAGES; TAXATION OF COSTS - THOMAS V. HEARD
- DISCOVERY SANCTION; DISMISSAL OF PERSONAL-INJURY ACTION - HORTON V. HINTON
- PEACE-OFFICER IMMUNITY § 6-5-640, ALA. CODE 1975 & STATE-AGENT IMMUNITY - EX PARTE CITY OF HOMEWOOD
- QUALIFIED IMMUNITY & STATE-AGENT IMMUNITY - EX PARTE HUGINE
- RULE 54(B), ALA. R. CIV. P., FINALITY OF JUDGMENT; DISMISSAL OF APPEAL - BLACKMON V. RENASANT BANK
- FEDERAL EMPLOYERS LIABILITY ACT; CLAIM PRECLUSION BY FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS - COTTLES V. NORFOLK SOUTHERN R
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS; PERMANENT, TOTAL DISABILITY - BREWTON AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOC., INC. V. LANIER
- FUNERAL SERVICES; ARBITRATION - NEWELL V. SCI ALABAMA FUNERAL SERVICES, LLC
- UNINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE & UNINSURED VEHICLE EXCLUSION - GEICO INDEMN. CO. V. BELL
- EXCLUSIVITY PROVISION OF LONGSHORE & HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT, 33 U.S.C. § 901, ET SEQ. AND AFFIRMANCE OF DENIALS OF MOT
- Ex parte Austal USA, LLC, 233 So. 3d 975 (Ala. 2017), reh'g denied Apr. 21, 2017.
- SUPREME COURT: SUIT AGAINST MOBILE SHIPBUILDER CAN CONTINUE
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February
- FARMERS INS. EXCHANGE V. MORRIS, [MS. 1121091, ALA., FEB. 12, 2016] 2016 WL 661671, __ SO.3D __ (ALA. 2016), REH'G DENIED, FEB.
- AUSTAL EMPLOYEES SUE OVER ‘DANGEROUS TOOL'
- Timeliness Of Appeal From District Court Judgment - Modi V. Johnson
- THIS TOOL CUTS FINGERS AND GASHES FACES, BUT SHIPBUILDER STILL USES IT
- CIVIL FORFEITURE - WALLACE V. STATE
- BAR CHAIRS SOLD AT LOWE'S RECALLED DUE TO SAFETY HAZARD
- GUEST STATUTE - HURST V. SNEED
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January
- ARBITRATION - UNIVERSITY TOYOTA V. HARDEMAN
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION IMMUNITY & SPECIAL EMPLOYER - EX PARTE TENAX CORP.
- CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER ANNOUNCES 2017 DOWNTOWN CAJUN COOK-OFF PRESENTED BY CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS, LLC
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS RECEIVES 2017 “BEST LAW FIRMS” AWARD
- ALIMONY & CHILD SUPPORT - PERSON V. PERSON
- SECURITY INTERESTS & CERTIFICATED SECURITIES - CITIZENS BANK & TRUST V. PIGGLY WIGGLY ALABAMA DISTRIBUTING CO., INC.
- JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY DETERMINATIONS - ALABAMA MEDICAID AGENCY V. MARSHALL
- RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS & STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS - BEKKEN V. GREYSTONE RESIDENTIAL ASSOC., INC.
- ARBITRATION - FMR CORP. V. HOWARD
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION & SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION - HAND CONSTRUCTION, LLC V. STRINGER
- DEFAULT JUDGMENT - WILSON V. AVANT
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION & ABATEMENT - EX PARTE THOMPSON TRACTOR CO., INC.
- UNDERINSURED MOTORIST INSURANCE - EX PARTE LITTRELL
- DEFAULT JUDGMENT; KIRTLAND FACTORS - HILYER V. FORTIER
- WRIT OF PROHIBITION - BLEVINS V. BOLLER
- FRAUDULENT TRANSFERS; § 8-9A-1 ET SEQ., ALA. CODE 1975 - RES-GA LAKE SHADOW, LLC V. KENNEDY
- UNDERINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE; WAIVER - JOHNSON V. FIRST ACCEPTANCE INS. CO., INC.
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December
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2016
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December
- FICTITIOUS PARTIES & RELATION BACK - EX PARTE VEL, LLC
- WRONGFUL DEATH & UNBORN PRE-VIABLE FETUS (§§ 6-5-391, ALA. CODE 1975) - STINNETT V. KENNEDY
- WINNING: A SPECIAL REPORT BY THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL
- ALL PARTNERS OF CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS RECEIVE 2016 SUPER LAWYERS RANKING
- LIFE INSURANCE & DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY - ADERHOLT V. MCDONALD
- INTERVENTION - RGIS INVENTORY SPECIALISTS V. HUEY
- NEW TRIAL & WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE - TAYLOR V. WHEELER
- DECLARATORY JUDGMENT & SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION - PRIVILEGE UNDERWRITERS RECIPROCAL EXCHANGE V. GRAYSON
- GARNISHMENT & RIGHT TO CONTEST - FIELDS V. STATE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
- LUCY TUFTS OF CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS 1 OF 23 LAWYERS IN U.S. RECOGNIZED AS A “2016 WINNING LITIGATOR” BY THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - HENLEY V. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE CO.
- DEFAULT JUDGMENT & RULE 4(C), ALA. R. CIV. P. SERVICE OF PROCESS - EX PARTE LERETA, LLC
- Dec 2, 2016 | Appellate Update RULE 59.1, ALA. R. CIV. P. & DENIAL OF POST-JUDGMENT MOTION BY OPERATION OF LAW - EX PARTE GENESI
- VENUE & § 6-3-21.1, ALA. CODE 1975 FORUM NON CONVENIENS - EX PARTE BENTON
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November
- Cunningham Bounds Law Firm To Host 2016 Holiday Parade Benefiting Mckemie Place
- WILL CONTEST - RAY V. HUETT
- OUTBOUND FORUM SELECTION CLAUSE - EX PARTE PT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, LLC
- INTERPLEADER & CONSTRUCTION OF INSURANCE POLICY - PHARMACISTS MUTUAL INS. CO. V. ADVANCED SPECIALTY PHARMACY LLC
- LAWYERS WITH CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS NAMED TOP 100 TRIAL LAWYERS IN AMERICA
- Exploding Washing Machines Recalled
- TEACHER DISCIPLINE & STANDARD OF REVIEW - BOAZ CITY SCHOOL BOARD V. STEWART
- SUMMARY JUDGMENT & OPEN / OBVIOUS DANGER - SMITH V. WELLS FARGO BANK NA
- FRIVOLOUS APPEAL & SANCTIONS - JOHNSON V. IVES
- CIVIL FORFEITURE, RULE 60(B), ALA. R. CIV. P. & RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT - BHARARA SEGAR LLC V. STATE OF ALABAMA
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October
- PROBATE & ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN ESTATE - EX PARTE SCOTT
- APPEAL & DISMISSAL - GRAHAM V. CITY OF TALLADEGA
- POST-JUDGMENT MOTIONS - WYNN V. STEGER
- DIVORCE, ALIMONY, CHILD SUPPORT, DIVISION OF MARITAL ASSETS - PERSON V. PERSON
- ARBITRATION - HANOVER INS. CO. V. KIVA LODGE CONDOMINIUM OWNERS ASSOC., INC.
- VENUE & PROOF OF CONVENIENCE - EX PARTE GENTILE COMPANY, LLC
- JUDICIAL RECUSAL - EX PARTE CRAWFORD
- Will Driverless Vehicles Help Save Lives?
- BRIAN DUNCAN NAMED ASSOCIATE FELLOW OF LITIGATION COUNSEL OF AMERICA
- Why Have Traffic Deaths In The U.S. Dramatically Increased During 2016?
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION & RULE 35(A) ALA. R. CIV. P. MENTAL EXAMINATION - EX PARTE TIDRA CORP.
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September
- SECTION 43-2-290, ALA. CODE 1975, REMOVAL OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE - WYLIE V. ESTATE OF COCKRELL
- GOOD COUNT-BAD COUNT & NEW TRIAL - DOLGENCORP, LLC V. SPENCE
- DECLARATORY JUDGMENT & STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS - BRELAND V. CITY OF FAIRHOPE
- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SUMMARY JUDGMENT - TURNER V. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
- MANDAMUS/CHANGE OF VENUE - EX PARTE TIER I TRUCKING, LLC
- STANDING & ENFORCEABILITY OF CONTRACTS - THE GARDENS AT GLENLAKES PROPERTY OWNERS ASSN., INC. V. BALDWIN COUNTY SEWER SERVICE, L
- STATE IMMUNITY & EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF ALABAMA-DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN - SOUTHERN STATES POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSN., INC. V.
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION & CONTEMPT BY EMPLOYER - AUGMENTATION, INC. V. HARRIS
- ALABAMA JURY RETURNS $1,725,000 VERDICT AGAINST DOLLAR GENERAL FOR INADEQUATE INSPECTION POLICIES
- RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS & STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS - BEKKEN V. GREYSTONE RESIDENTIAL ASSOC., INC.
- CIVIL FORFEITURE & STANDING - EX PARTE STATE OF ALABAMA
- SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROCEDURE - WILLIAMS V. LIMESTONE COUNTY WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY
- RULE 43(A), ALA. R. CIV. P. TRIAL UPON STIPULATED EVIDENCE - THE DOMBROWSKI LIVING TRUST V. MORGANTOWN PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOC.,
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL & TEMPORARY-TOTAL-DISABILITY BENEFITS - KENNAMER BROTHERS, INC. V. STEWART
- JUDICIAL RECUSAL & CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS - DUPRE V. DUPRE
- DISMISSAL OF APPEAL & NON-FINAL JUDGMENT - MCCULLOUGH V. ALLSTATE PROPERTY AND CAS. INS. CO.
- MANDAMUS & PSYCHOTHERAPIST-PATIENT PRIVILEGE - EX PARTE JOHNSON
- IMMUNITY U.S. CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT 11 & 42 U.S.C. § 1983 - EX PARTE STATE OF ALABAMA BOARD OF EDUC.
- BREACH OF CONTRACT & ATTORNEY'S FEES - MASSEY V. CARRIAGE TOWNE, LLC
- MENTAL ANGUISH DAMAGES & PIERCING THE CORPORATE VEIL - TLIG MAINTENANCE SERVICES, INC. V. FIALKOWSKI
- STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS/TIMELY COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION - ENT ASSOCIATES OF ALABAMA, P.A. V. HOKE
- SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION & EVICTION/UNLAWFUL-DETAINER - THE RIMPSEY AGENCY, INC. V. JOHNSTON
- Smartphone Recall Due to Fire Hazard: Do You Own One?
- Distracted Driving Can Kill Anyone. It Only Takes A Second.
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August
- Fatal Gear Shifter Defect?
- FELA - COTTLES V. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.
- SUMMARY JUDGMENT / BANKRUPTCY / MANDAMUS - EX PARTE BONDS
- GARNISHMENT / CLAIM OF EXEMPTION - CREWS V. JACKSON
- RES JUDICATA / PRIVITY - SIMS V. JPMC SPECIALTY MORTGAGE, LLC
- DISCOVERY SANCTIONS - EX PARTE SIKES
- 42 U.S.C. § 1983 DELIBERATE-INDIFFERENCE / STATE-AGENT / STATE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY - JOHNSON V. DUNN
- JUDICIAL RECUSAL - EX PARTE ROGERS
- COMPENSATORY DAMAGES / COLLATERAL SOURCE RULE - MAGRINAT V. MADDOX
- NETWORKING EVENT FOR PROFESSIONAL WOMEN SPONSORED BY CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS, LLC
- PRODUCT LIABILITY/SAFER ALTERNATIVE DESIGN - HOSFORD V. BRK BRANDS, INC.
- ARBITRATION/WAIVER - AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, INC. V. SMITH
- Intentional Torts & Workers' Compensation Exclusivity - Ex Parte Lincare, Inc.
- SKIP FINKBOHNER NAMED 2017 PERSONAL INJURY “LAWYER OF THE YEAR”
- LAWYERS OF CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS LISTED IN THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA® 2017
- FINALITY OF JUDGMENT & APPELLATE JURISDICTION - ELKINS V. CARROLL, MAGUIRE, AND COLLINS
- FINALITY OF JUDGMENT & APPELLATE JURISDICTION - JOHNSTON V. RICE
- NON-JURY TRIAL & BREACH OF LEASE - EVANS V. WALDROP
- RULE 77(D) & OUT-OF-TIME APPEALS - J. D. V. M. B. AND V. B
- Have you purchased vegetables that may be contaminated?
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July
- POLICE OFFICERS' IMMUNITY - EX PARTE HARRIS
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS NAMED BEST TRIAL LAWYERS IN LOCAL AWARDS
- Kelly Blue Book Study Finds 1 in 8 Vehicles Affected by Recall: Is Yours on the Takata Recall List?
- WRONGFUL DEATH & STANDING/PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE - EX PARTE BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF ALABAMA, INC.
- ORE TENUS RULE & JUDICIAL NOTICE - PETRINA V. PETRINA
- DEFAULT JUDGMENT - TUCKER V. NIXON
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE & FOUR-YEAR PERIOD OF REPOSE - CUTLER V. UNIV. OF ALA. HEALTH SERVS. FOUNDATION, P.C.
- WRONGFUL DEATH & PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE - NORTHSTAR ANESTHESIA OF ALABAMA, LLC V. NOBLE
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June
- ALABAMA LEGAL SERVICES LIABILITY ACT & STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS - COCKRELL V. PRUITT
- PERSONAL JURISDICTION / PRODUCTS LIABILITY - HINRICHS V. GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA, LTD.
- VENUE & TRANSFER FOR INTERESTS OF JUSTICE - EX PARTE INTERSTATE FREIGHT USA, INC.
- PRIVACY OPEN RECORDS ACT - KENDRICK V. THE ADVERTISER COMPANY D/B/A THE MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER
- ASSOCIATION OF LEGAL ADMINISTRATORS APPOINTS GEOFFREY M. WILLIAMS TO LEADERSHIP ROLES
- F. PAUL BLAND, JR. HONORED WITH LCA / CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS JUSTICE JANIE L. SHORES PIONEER SPIRIT AWARD
- SINGING RIVER’S REFUSAL TO PAY PENSIONS COSTS MISSISSIPPI COUNTY
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS RECOVERS $6,500,000 FOR CLIENT INJURED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION
- 18-Wheeler Crashes
- Serious On-the-Job Injuries
- MANDAMUS & FICTITIOUS PARTIES/RELATION BACK OF AMENDMENTS - EX PARTE LUCAS
- MANDAMUS & DISMISSAL - EX PARTE ALFA MUT. INS. CO.
- MANDAMUS & PRE-ACTION DISCOVERY - EX PARTE CITY OF MONTGOMERY
- JUDICIAL RECUSAL & AMENDMENT OF JUDGMENTS - WALKER V. WALKER
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION/DEATH BENEFITS & OFFSETS/CREDITS - HOSPICE FAMILY CARE V. ALLEN
- RULE 60(A) & CORRECTION OF JUDGMENTS & CONSOLIDATED ACTIONS/APPEALS - COX V. COX
- Jones v. Singing River Health System, 2016 WL 3248449, __ F.Supp.3d __ (S.D. Miss. June 10, 2016)
- COURT APPROVES $150 MILLION SINGING RIVER HEALTH SYSTEMS PENSION SETTLEMENT
- MISSISSIPPI HEALTH SYSTEM TO PUT $150 MILLION INTO PENSION PLAN TO SETTLE CLASS ACTION
- MANDAMUS & ALABAMA LEGAL SERVICES LIABILITY ACT - EX PARTE WATTERS
- INSURANCE CONTRACT/REFORMATION & VERDICT/SETOFF - HAR-MAR COLLISIONS, INC. V. SCOTTSDALE INS. CO.INSURANCE CONTRACT/REFORMATION
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS THE ONLY LAW FIRM IN ALABAMA TO RECEIVE TOP RANKING
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May
- DISMISSAL & STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS - EX PARTE CVS PHARMACY, L.L.C.
- BANKRUPTCY & APPEALS - GADDY V. S.E. PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC
- VENUE & INTEREST-OF-JUSTICE - EX PARTE WAYNE FARMS, LLC
- CONTRACTS - RULES OF CONSTRUCTION - ONCE UPON A TIME, LLC V. CHAPPELLE PROPERTIES, LLC
- REHEARING - EX PARTE K. R.
- ARBITRATION - REGIONS BANK V. RICE
- VENUE & FORUM NON CONVENIENS - EX PARTE BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
- PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION - SELMA AIR CENTER, INC. V. CRAIG FIELD AIRPORT AND INDUS. AUTH.
- Baby Powder & Shower to Shower Linked to Ovarian Cancer
- INSURANCE & APPARENT AUTHORITY - SOUTHERN CLEANING SERVICES, INC. V. ESSEX INS. CO.
- NON-JURY TRIAL & ISSUE PRESERVATION - REEVES V. FANCHER
- NEW TRIAL & ISSUE PRESERVATION - KULAKOWSKI V. COWART
- STANDING & DECLARATORY JUDGMENTS - EX PARTE TOWN OF SUMMERDALE
- JURISDICTION & ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS - ST. UNION BAPTIST CHURCH, INC. V. HOWARD
- APPEALS & ISSUE PRESERVATION - DRAKE V. ALABAMA REPUBLICAN PARTY
- DIVORCE & RES JUDICATA - OSBORNE V. OSBORNE
- Crashworthiness
- LUCY TUFTS NAMED TO BEST LAWYERS BUSINESS EDITION “WOMEN IN THE LAW”
- The Takata Airbag Recall Expanded: Are You & Your Family At Risk?
- NEGLIGENCE & SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE - JIM BISHOP CHEVROLET-BUICK-PONTIAC-GMC, INC. V. BURDEN
- JUDICIAL RECUSAL & PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION - EX PARTE ADAMS
- Medical Errors Ranked as Third Leading Cause of Death in U.S.
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April
- SUMMARY JUDGMENT / CONTRACT - CHERRY V. PINSON TERMITE & PEST CONTROL, LLC
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION - LEESBURG YARN MILLS, INC. V. HOOD
- CIVIL PROCEDURE / DISMISSAL - SYNOVUS BANK V. MITCHELL
- Is your off-road vehicle at risk of catching fire?
- MANDAMUS & JURY TRIAL DEMAND - EX PARTE NORTH AMERICAN ADJUSTERS, INC.
- Which pickup trucks are being recalled by General Motors (GM)?
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS SETTLES “ROBO-SIGNING” CLASS ACTION FOR MORE THAN $10,000,000
- PROPERTY - MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES - WILLIAMS V. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
- IMMUNITY - KENDRICK V. CITY OF MIDFIELD
- IMMUNITY - ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY V. DANLEY
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March
- Clark v. Bamberger, 2016 WL 1183180 (M.D. Ala. 2016).
- BUSINESS TORTS, TRUSTS, STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, AND ATTORNEY FEES - LADD V. STOCKHAM
- PREMISES LIABILITY - SOUTH ALABAMA BRICK CO., INC. V. CARWIE, CONSERVATOR OF PEREZ
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION - EX PARTE ROCK WOOL MFG. CO.
- SPICE IN THE SQUARE: MOBILE'S CAJUN COOK-OFF SET FOR SATURDAY
- CREDITOR ACTION TO COLLECT CREDIT CARD DEBT - COOK V. MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC
- BANKRUPTCY COURT ENTERS $102 MILLION JUDGMENT AGAINST DEFENDANTS IN A MASSIVE CONSUMER FRAUD CASE
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February
- ARBITRATION - KINDRED NURSING CENTERS EAST, LLC V. JONES
- WORKPLACE SAFETY - VOLUNTARY INSPECTION - FLEMING V. SANDERS LEAD CO., INC.
- ARBITRATION - MOORE-DENNIS V. FRANKLIN
- IMMUNITY - EX PARTE TRIMBLE
- INSURANCE - SOUTHERN CLEANING SERVICE, INC. V. ESSEX INS. CO.
- FRAUD - FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE V. MORRIS
- Tips to Avoid Tire Failure
- CAJUN FOOD AND MUSIC TO TAKE OVER CATHEDRAL SQUARE THIS MARCH
- Make Sure Your Remington Model 700 Is Safe
-
January
- ATTORNEY FEES / INSURANCE - EX PARTE STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE CO.
- WRONGFUL DEATH & STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS - ALVARADO V. ESTATE OF KIDD
- CLASS ACTIONS - REGIONS BANK V. BP P.L.C.
- INSURANCE - ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO. V. BRITT, CONSERVATOR OF THE ESTATE OF BRITT
- How Class Actions Protect Ordinary Citizens
- VENUE - EX PARTE JIM BURKE AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
- ATTORNEY FEES - WAGNON V. GRAVELLE
- Use of Zofran By Pregnant Mothers Leads to Birth Defect Lawsuits
- Ovarian Cancer & Talcum Powder
- PROPOSED SETTLEMENT REACHED IN SINGING RIVER HEALTH SYSTEM PENSION CRISIS
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December
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2015
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December
- Spinal Cord Injury
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS LAW FIRM NOMINATED FOR BENCHMARK LITIGATION US AWARD
- ATTORNEY DAVID S. CAIN, JR. ACHIEVES BOARD CERTIFICATION IN CIVIL TRIAL LAW BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF TRIAL ADVOCACY
- DEUTSCHE BANK AND OCWEN TO PAY $400,000 FOR WRONGFUL FORECLOSURE
- NEGLIGENCE & WANTONNESS - SMP WELDING, LLC V. HILL
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - MCGINNIS V. STEELEMAN
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - EX PARTE PETRINA
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November
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- DAMAGES - THE NINETEENTH STREET INVESTMENTS, INC. V. ROBERTSON
- PROPERTY AND WANTONNESS - U.S. BANK NAT'L ASS'N, AS TRUSTEE, ETC. V. SHEPHERD
- THE NINETEENTH STREET INVESTMENTS, INC. V. ROBERTSON, [MS. 1131285, NOV. 20, 2015] __ SO.3D __ (ALA. 2015).
- TAKE A STAND AGAINST DISTRACTED DRIVING
- JURY TRIAL - ROSS V. MARION
- INSURANCE - MID-CONTINENT CASUALTY CO. V. ADVANTAGE MEDICAL ELECTRONICS
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS, LLC RANKED IN 2016 "BEST LAW FIRMS"
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October
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS’ ATTORNEYS ON ELITE LIST OF TOP 100 TRIAL LAWYERS IN AMERICA
- BENCHMARK LITIGATION NAMES CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS A LEADING LAW FIRM
- MOBILE’S WOMEN LAWYERS RAISE THOUSANDS FOR LOCAL GIRL SCOUTS
- PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM BURN INJURIES
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION - JENKINS V. AMERICAN TRANSPORT, INC.
- PANHANDLE PLUMBING, INC. V. MICHAEL C. BLANCHARD, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF AND FOR THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL R. BLANCHARD, ET A
- Do you own a Volkswagen (VW) with a diesel engine?
- EVIDENCE - PEPIN MFG., INC. V. ESWALLOW USA, LLC
- MEDICAL LIABILITY - EX PARTE VANDERWALL
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - KRUSE, ADM'R AD LITEM V. VANDERBILT MINERALS, LLC
- ARBITRATION / WRONGFUL DEATH - DIVERSICARE LEASING CORP. D/B/A CANTERBURY HEALTHCARE FACILITY V. HUBBARD
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September
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS INVESTIGATING VOLKSWAGEN EMISSIONS CASES
- Keshock v. Metabowerke GMBH, 2016 WL 917947 (S.D. Ala. 2016).
- TEXTING & DRIVING KILLS
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS SPONSORS NETWORKING EVENT FOR PROFESSIONAL WOMEN
- LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST SINGING RIVER HEALTH SYSTEM DUE TO UNFUNDED PENSION PLAN
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - STATE OF ALABAMA V. THOMAS
- PROTECT YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS FROM TV TIP-OVERS
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - FROSOLONO V. JOHNSON
- ALABAMA'S DRAM SHOP ACT
- Drunk Drivers Wreck Lives
- STATE-AGENT IMMUNITY - EX PARTE JIMMY WALKER
- ARBITRATION - TROY HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER V. MCFARLAND
- CONTRACTS AND INTERFERENCE WITH CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS - ALLIED COMPANY OF THE WIREGRASS, INC. V. CITY OF DOTHAN
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August
- RECALLED! BREAD SOLD IN ALABAMA RECALLED DUE TO GLASS FRAGMENTS
- KIDS AND DRIVEWAY SAFETY
- ATTORNEYS OF CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS RECOGNIZED IN BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA® 2016
- STEVE OLEN & DAVID WIRTES HONORED AS “LAWYERS OF THE YEAR”
- INJURIES AT WORK: EMPLOYEE SAFETY IN ALABAMA
- FATIGUED TRUCK DRIVERS = SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN
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July
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - EX PARTE HUTSON
- PROPERTY - TENNANT V. CHASE HOME FINANCE, LLC
- CAR ACCIDENTS: WHAT IF THE OTHER DRIVER IS NOT INSURED?
- WHAT IF MY PHARMACY GIVES ME THE WRONG MEDICATION?
- A SAFE RIDE HOME FROM MARDI GRAS?
- ALL CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS PARTNERS NAMED TO ALABAMA SUPER LAWYERS
- STATE REACHES AGREEMENT WITH BP FOR DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL DAMAGES
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June
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - EX PARTE CURRY
- Quick Detection of the No. 1 Patient Killer
- STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS - EX PARTE COURTYARD CITIFLATS
- UM INSURANCE - STATE FARM MUT. AUTO INS. CO. V. PRITCHARD
- IMMUNITY - EX PARTE THE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS OF ALABAMA
- PARTIES AND ATTORNEY'S FEES - MAJOR MILLWORKS, INC. V. MAE HARDWOODS, INC.,
- JURY TRIAL - EX PARTE ACOSTA
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - EX PARTE BUTTS
- ARBITRATION - J. DON GORDON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. V. BROWN
- Defective Product lawsuits - The Basics
- AG LUTHER STRANGE DEPUTIZES PRIVATE FIRMS FOR BP CASE, STILL PLANS TO KEEP CASE IN-HOUSE
- May
- April
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March
- LIONS CLUB 4TH ANNUAL 5K CHARITY RACE SPONSLIONS CLUB 4TH ANNUAL 5K CHARITY RACE SPONSORED BY CUNNINGHAM BOUNDSORED BY CUNNINGHA
- SKIP FINKBOHNER OF CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS ADMITTED TO AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRIAL LAWYERS
- FRANK KRUSE, ADMINISTRATOR AD LITEM FOR THE ESTATE OF DANSBY W. SANDERS V. VANDERBILT MINERALS, LLC, F/K/A R.T. VANDERBILT COMPA
- WILLS & ESTATES - THAMES V. THAMES
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION - GOOD HOPE CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC. V. MCCALL
- February
- January
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December
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2014
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December
- ATTORNEYS/PLEADINGS - STATE OF ALABAMA V. $93,917.50 AND $376 GAMBLING DEVICES, ET AL.
- LUCY TUFTS NAMED TO FORTY UNDER 40 CLASS OF 2014
- LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST SINGING RIVER DUE TO DEFUNCT PENSION PLAN
- LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST SRHS ALLEGES FRAUD BY TRUSTEES, FORMER EXECUTIVES
- FRAUD/DAMAGES - DENG V. SCROGGINS
- November
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October
- MOBILE BAR ASSOCIATION WOMEN LAWYERS RAISE THOUSANDS FOR OUR SISTERS' CLOSET
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - J&C TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL, INC. V. INGRAM
- APPEALS - ALABAMA DEPT. OF REVENUE V. FREDERICK
- PROPERTY - GIVIANPOUR V. CURTAIN
- PARTIES - SMELSER V. L&H TRUCK SERVICES, LLC
- CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - WRIGHT V. CITY OF MOBILE
- EXCLUSIVE LISTING OF TOP 100 TRIAL LAWYERS IN AMERICA INCLUDES CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS ATTORNEYS
- WRONGFUL DEATH - KIRKSEY V. JOHNSON
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - KRASELSKY V. CALDERWOOD
- CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - EX PARTE WRIGHT
- LEGAL MALPRACTICE - BARNEY V. BELL
- SUELL V. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CASE 13-0252-WS-B, 2014 WL 5023388, __F.SUPP.3D __ (S.D. ALA. OCT. 8, 2014).
- WOMEN’S NETWORKING EVENT SPONSORED BY CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS
- September
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August
- PUNITIVE DAMAGES - TARGET MEDIA PARTNERS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC V. SPECIALTY MARKETING CORP.
- JURY AWARDS $1,000,000 TO MOBILE COUNTY MAN INJURED BY UPS DELIVERY TRUCK
- JURY AWARDS MAN $1 MILLION VERDICT FOR RANGELINE ROAD CRASH WITH UPS DELIVERY TRUCK
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS SPONSORS THE JERE F. WHITE, JR. TRIAL ADVOCACY INSTITUTE
- 10 LAWYERS WITH CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS LISTED IN THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA® 2015
- WYETH, INC. V. WEEKS, 159 SO.3D 649 (ALA. 2014)
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - GILLIS V. FRAZIER
- July
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June
- RES JUDICATA AND SUBROGATION - EX PARTE LARRY WEBBER
- VENUE - EX PARTE BLAIR LOGISTICS, LLC
- QBE INS. CORP. V. WHISPERING PINES CEMETERY, LLC, 2014 WL 2921908 (S.D. ALA. JUNE 27, 2014)
- STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS - EX PARTE INTERNATIONAL REFINING & MANUFACTURING CO. D/B/A IRMCO
- CATERPILLAR PAYS $46 MILLION TO SETTLE SUPPLY SHIP FIRE SUIT
- $46M FOR BENDER MISHAP
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS LAW FIRM REGARDED AS ONE OF BEST
- May
- April
- March
- February
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December
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2013
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December
- SUMMARY JUDGMENT - EX PARTE BASF CONSTRUCTION CHEMICALS, LLC
- ARBITRATION - CAVALIER MANUFACTURING, INC. V. GANT
- IMMUNITY & SUMMARY JUDGMENT - EX PARTE JONES
- STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS - MCGATHEY V. BROOKWOOD HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
- JURISDICTION - EX PARTE SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS, INC
- DEFAMATION - PENSACOLA MOTOR SALES, INC. V. DAPHNE AUTOMOTIVE, LLC
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November
- BP SAFETY COMMERCIALS BETRAY THE OIL COMPANY'S ARROGANCE
- WRONGFUL DEATH - WARRANTY - ALABAMA POWERSPORT AUCTION, LLC V. WIESE
- EVIDENCE - NEW TRIAL - CIVIL PROCEDURE - MOTTERSHAW V. LEDBETTER, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF WOMACK, DECEASED
- LUCY TUFTS RECOGNIZED FOR VOLUNTEERISM
- U.S. NEWS – BEST LAWYERS® RELEASES 2014 “BEST LAW FIRMS” LIST: CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS, LLC RECEIVES TOP RANKING
- October
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September
- INSURANCE - STATE FARM FIRE AND CAS. CO. V. BRECHBILL
- DECLARATORY JUDGMENT AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - EX PARTE VALLOZE
- EX PARTE U.S. INNOVATIONS GROUP, INC., 141 SO.3D 459 (ALA. 2013)
- PERSONAL INJURY - HOSEA O. WEAVER & SONS, INC. V. BALCH
- UA PRESIDENT JUDY BONNER HEADLINING OCT. 8 'EVENING OF NETWORKING' IN MOBILE
- GULF OIL SPILL CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR CHARGES BP IS TRYING TO 'SLOW WALK' CLAIMS PAYMENTS
- JUDGE URGED TO APPROVE BP CLAIMS CZAR'S BUDGET
- THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA® 2014 INCLUDES CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS’ ATTORNEYS
- FRAUD - TARGET MEDIA PARTNERS OPERATING CO., LLC V. SPECIALTY MARKETING CORP.
- August
- July
- June
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May
- COURT UPHOLDS DECISION IN TRUCKER'S DEATH, BUT REDUCES DAMAGE AWARD
- WRONGFUL DEATH - EX PARTE TYSON FOODS, INC.
- IMMUNITY - HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY FOR BAPTIST HEALTH, ETC. V. DAVIS, AS EXECUTRIX, ETC.
- HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY FOR BAPTIST HEALTH, AN AFFILIATE OF UAB HEALTH SYSTEM, D/B/A BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER EAST V. DAVIS, 158 SO.
- LIONS CLUB GRATEFUL FOR SUPPORT OF 5K FUNDRAISING RUN
- AUTO ACCIDENTS - PELL V. TIDWELL
- TEN ATTORNEYS WITH CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS NAMED TO SUPER LAWYERS 2013
- HISTORY OF FEDERAL VIOLATIONS FOR COMPANIES IN EXPLOSION LAWSUIT
- BARGE EXPLOSION VICTIM SUING
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April
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - FIELDER V. CHANDLER
- BP OIL SPILL TRIAL: BP WELLS SUPERVISOR FRUSTRATED BY LAST-MINUTE MACONDO CHANGES
- PROPERTY - CLEMONS V. HOWARD
- JURY TRIAL - MOYA V. CANTERBURY
- DAPHNE MAN AWARDED $1.7 MILLION IN DAMAGES FROM THYSSENKRUPP CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT
- EQUIPMENT MISUSE AND LACK OF SAFETY INSPECTIONS RESULT IN $1.7 MILLION VERDICT
- March
- February
- January
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December
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2012
-
December
- BALDWIN COUNTY JURY HANDS DOWN $140M SETTLEMENT
- FATAL OUTSOURCING? THOMAS HOSPITAL HIT WITH $140 MILLION VERDICT IN DEATH OF DAPHNE WOMAN
- ARBITRATION - MTA, INC. V. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC.
- PROPERTY - HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT V. LOGAN PROPERTIES, INC.
- DAMAGES - EX PARTE S & M, LLC, D/B/A HUNTSVILLE CAB CO.
- CHEN GUANGCHENG RECEIVES LITIGATION COUNSEL OF AMERICA’S 2012 JUSTICE JANIE L. SHORES TRAILBLAZER AWARD
- November
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October
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - PIERCING THE CORPORATE VEIL - HILL V. FAIRFIELD NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER, LLC
- STANDING - THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH ALABAMA, INC. V. FAIRHOPE-POINT CLEAR ROTARY YOUTH PROGRAMS, INC.
- PERSONAL INJURY - BLACK WARRIOR ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP. V. MCCARTER
- JURY TRIAL - EX PARTE BANCORPSOUTH BANK
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS ATTORNEYS RECOGNIZED AS “LAWYERS OF THE YEAR”
- PROPERTY - CITY OF MOBILE AND MOBILE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION V. GRIZZARD
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September
- WRONGFUL DEATH / MEDICAL MALPRACTICE / CIVIL PROCEDURE / DAMAGES - BOUDREAUX V. PETTAWAY
- ALABAMA SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS WRONGFUL DEATH VERDICT, 8 TO 1
- TEN CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS ATTORNEYS NAMED TO THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA®
- ALABAMA JURY AWARDS $15M FOR DEATH FROM PROPOFOL
- CIVIL PROCEDURE / STATE AGENT IMMUNITY - NECESSARY PARTIES - CITY OF GADSDEN V. BOMAN
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - JURY TRIAL DEMAND - EX PARTE SWEENEY
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - FAILURE TO PAY FILING FEE IS JURISDICTIONAL - HICKS V. HICKS
- LEGAL MALPRACTICE / FRAUD - TOLLING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS - JETT V. WOOTEN
- PROPERTY - A MOBILE HOME WITH A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE IS PERSONAL PROPERTY; SALE OF REAL PROPERTY FOR DIVISION OF PROCEEDS - GRIF
- EVIDENCE - FRAUDULENT TRANSFER - WOOD V. HAYES
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR AD LITEM - MACLIN, ADM'R AD LITEM FOR BROTHERTON V. CONGO
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE TOP PERSONAL INJURY LAW FIRMS IN AMERICA
- LAWSUITS OVER 2010 FATAL EXPLOSION AT REDSTONE ARSENAL MOVE FORWARD
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August
- TORTS / JURISDICTION - EX PARTE BOLE
- GRIMES V. AMTECH CORP., 2012 WL 3772508 (N.D. ALA. AUG. 28, 2012)
- BOUDREAUX V. PETTAWAY, 108 SO.3D 486 (ALA. 2012)
- PROPERTY - REVOCABLE LICENSE DISTINGUISHED FROM LIFE ESTATE - REARICK V. SIEVING
- PROPERTY - EJECTMENT AFTER NON-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE - DOUGLAS V. TROY BANK & TRUST CO.
- ATTORNEY FEES - NO FEES AGAINST THE STATE - EX PARTE BENTLEY
- CONTRACTS - INTERPRETATION OF INSURANCE CONTRACT - NATIONWIDE MUT. INS. CO. V. THOMAS
- WILLS AND ESTATES - CONSERVATORSHIPS, ESTATES, ADMINISTRATION - HOFF V. GOYER
- TORTS - MALICIOUS PROSECUTION AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT - WOODRUFF V. CITY OF TUSCALOOSA
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - FICTITIOUS PARTIES, RELATION BACK OF AMENDMENTS - EX PARTE NAIL
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - FICTITIOUS PARTIES, RELATION BACK OF AMENDMENTS - PATTERSON V. CONSOLIDATED ALUMINUM CORP.
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - FAILURE TO APPROVE AFFIDAVIT OF HARDSHIP IS A JURISDICTIONAL DEFECT - JOHNSON V. HETZEL
- APPEALS - RULE 54(B) FINALITY - HIGHLANDS OF LAY, LLC V. MURPHREE
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - SUMMARY JUDGMENT OPPOSITION FILED TWO DAYS BEFORE HEARING - BRENDA DARLENE, INC. V. BON SECOUR FISHERIES, INC.
- DAMAGES - PUNITIVE - HIGH RATIO ON NOMINAL DAMAGES, CONTINUING INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT - ENGINEERED COOLING SERVICES, INC. V. STA
- WRONGFUL DEATH - FEE TO PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE - RODGERS V. MCELROY
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - SUMMARY JUDGMENT HEARING 10 DAYS AFTER MOTION IS FILED - HOOKS V. PETTAWAY
- PROPERTY - ALLEGED TRUST MISMANAGEMENT - ATTORNEY FEES TO TRUSTEE - REGIONS BANK, AS TRUSTEE, ETC. V. LOWREY
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - FICTITIOUS-PARTY PRACTICE - EX PARTE NOLAND HOSPITAL MONTGOMERY, LLC
- PROPERTY - ALABAMA SELF-SERVICE STORAGE ACT - PROCEDURE FOR SELLING PROPERTY - CANYON DEVELOPMENT CO., INC. V. HOLCUM STORAGE
- BUSINESS TORTS - STATE AGENT IMMUNITY - MCGLATHERY V. ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - BAXLEY, DILLARD, DAUPHIN, MCKNIGHT & JAMES V. BURT
- ARBITRATION - PORTER CAPITAL CORP. V. THOMAS
- TOP DOLLAR TAKEDOWNS: BIGGEST JURY AWARDS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS FEATURED IN BUSINESS ALABAMA
-
June
- MOBILE JURY RETURNS $15 MILLION VERDICT FOR WRONGFUL DEATH AT SPRINGHILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION - DISCOVERY CUTOFF DEADLINES - MASTERBRAND CABINETS, INC. V. MELEYA GILMORE
- AUTO ACCIDENTS - RECOVERY FOR LOSS OF USE - S & M, LLC D/B/A HUNTSVILLE CAB CO. V. BURCHEL
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION - DOUBLE RECOVERY - DENMARK V. INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING SPECIALISTS, INC.
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS ATTORNEYS NAMED TO SUPER LAWYERS 2012
- PERSONAL JURISDICTION - EX PARTE NORTHSTAR BATTERY COMPANY, LLC
- May
-
April
- VENUE - EX PARTE SOUTHEAST ALABAMA TIMBER HARVESTING, LLC
- ATTORNEYS IN BP OIL SPILL CASE FILE DOCUMENTS OUTLINING DETAILS OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT (PRESS-REGISTER)
- STATE AGENT IMMUNITY - EX PARTE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ET AL.
- RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE: SUMMARY JUDGMENT - TUCKER V. RICHARD M. SCRUSHY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, INC.
- APPEALS - MOHABBAT V. SINGH
-
March
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS' VERDICT RANKED AMONG NATION'S TOP 100 VERDICTS
- CROSS-EXAMINATION OF ONE'S OWN CLIENT - FREDERICK V. FREDERICK
- ATTORNEY FEES ARE NOT "COSTS" OF AN ACTION - EX PARTE HABEB
- CLASS ACTION - PERDUE V. GREEN
- STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS - WANTONNESS - EX PARTE CAPSTONE BUILDING CORP.
- FRAUD/JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW - GE CAPITAL AVIATION SERVICES, INC. V. PEMCO WORLD AIR SERVICES, INC.
- $7.8 BILLION BP SETTLEMENT WOULD SHUT DOWN GCCF
- FORMER BP EXECUTIVE TONY HAYWARD WAS GRILLED ON PAST SAFETY RECORD, OIL SPILL DEPOSITION SHOWS
- AEMLD CLAIMS & WANTONNESS - JACKLYN MCMAHON, ET AL. V. YAMAHA MOTOR CORP., USA, ET AL.
- PLAINTIFFS' STEERING COMMITTEE IN BP GULF OIL SPILL LITIGATION ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT IN PRINCIPLE WITH BP
- February
-
January
- STATE IMMUNITY - STATE AGENT IMMUNITY - EX PARTE MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, ET. AL
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION - JUDICIAL ESTOPPEL - WHITE TIGER GRAPHICS V. CLEMONS
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION - VENUE - EX PARTE BILLY BARNES ENTERPRISES
- VENUE - EX PARTE WRIGHT BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. AND GIBCO CONSTRUCTION, LLC
- STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS - KENDRICK V. LEWIS
- PIERCING THE CORPORATE VEIL - HEISZ V. GALT INDUSTRIES, INC.
-
December
-
2011
-
December
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION - STANDARD OF SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE - JOHNSON V. LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC.
- RULE OF REPOSE - MARTIN V. HODGES CHAPEL, LLC
- Pro SE Plaintiffs - Minor Child "A" By and Through Her Mother F.P.J. V. Davis
- BANKRUPTCY - AUTOMATIC STAY - BRADBERRY V. CARRIER CORP.
- APPEAL - EX PARTE LIMERICK
- STATE IMMUNITY - EX PARTE FIELDING
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS NAMED ONE OF THE TOP FIVE PERSONAL INJURY LAW FIRMS IN AMERICA
- US JUDGE: SPILL CLAIMS CZAR NOT INDEPENDENT OF BP (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
-
November
- VENUE - EX PARTE HAMPTON INS. AGENCY AND GINGER SPENCER
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - SPRINGHILL HOSPITALS, INC. V. DIMITRIOS CRITOPOULOS
- 77 MORE OIL-SPILL CLAIMS AGAINST BP (COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE)
- TRUCKING COMPANY TO PAY LOCAL WOMAN $350,000 DUE TO DRIVER’S NEGLIGENCE
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS PRESENTS ALABAMA SUPREME COURT JUSTICE JANIE LEDLOW SHORES
-
October
- INSURANCE - EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY V. HOLMAN BUILDING CO., LLC
- APPEALS - LAWSON V. HARRIS CULINARY ENTERPRISES, LLC
- ARBITRATION - AURORA HEALTHCARE, INC. V. RAMSEY
- IMMUNITY: FOSTER PARENTS - EX PARTE CAROL SPURGEON
- NON-FINAL JUDGMENTS - JAKEMAN V. LAWRENCE GROUP MANAGEMENT CO., LLC
- APPLICABILITY OF COMMON FUND DOCTRINE - MITCHELL V. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INS. CO.
- Cunningham Bounds Attorney, Stephen C. Olen, Named “Lawyer of the Year”
-
September
- IMMUNITY - VANDENBERG V. ARAMARK EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, INC.
- SERVICE OF PROCESS - ALLSOP V. BOLDING
- FRAUD - ALABAMA PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, P.C. V. 412 SOUTH COURT STREET, LLC
- PERSONAL JURISDICTION - EX PARTE AMERICAN TIMBER & STEEL COMPANY, INC.
- WANTONNESS & CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE - LAFARGE NORTH AMERICA, INC., ET AL V. NORD
- Improper and Inconsistent Verdicts - Tanner v. Ebbole DBA LA Body Art
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION - MEDICAL CAUSATION - EX PARTE EL REPOSO NURSING HOME GROUP, INC.
- APPELLATE JURISDICTION - REVIEW OF DECISION TO STRIKE JURY DEMAND - ROBERT S. GRANT CONSTRUCTION V. FRONTIER BANK
- STANDING - EX PARTE STENUM HOSPITAL, ET AL.
- STATE IMMUNITY - EX PARTE ERNEST LARRY DONALDSON
- Judge Asked to Rule in Favor of Vessels of Opportunity Participants: Local Boat Owners Could Be Affected (Press-Register)
- MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL - JUROR FAILURE TO ANSWER VOIR DIRE QUESTION - HOOD V. MCELROY
- RELATION BACK - EX PARTE TATE & LYLE SUCRALOSE, INC.
- ARBITRATION - DON DRENNEN MOTOR CO., INC. V. MCCLUNG
- WRONGFUL DEATH - APRIL MACK, AS THE MOTHER OF BABY MACK V. CARMACK
- COLLATERAL SOURCE - CROCKER V. GRAMMAR
- Nine Cunningham Bounds Attorneys Named as the Best Lawyers in America®
-
August
- BREACH OF CONTRACT - ELEMENT OF MATERIALITY - CRESTVIEW MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, INC. V. GILMER
- APPEALS - EX PARTE DAVID YOUNG AND DEBBIE YOUNG
- PREMISES LIABILITY - SUMMARY JUDGMENT - PRICE V. MACON COUNTY GREYHOUND PARK, INC.
- FAILURE TO EXHAUST ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES - EX PARTE ALABAMA POWER CO.
- PERSONAL JURISDICTION - BRUNOS - EX PARTE KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO., L.P., ET AL.
- DELAYED RECALL OF SEATBELT LEADS TO $40 MILLION JURY VERDICT
- FICTITIOUS PARTY PLEADING - EX PARTE YONUS ISMAIL, M.D.
- Boat Owners Call BP's Cleanup Program a Corrupt Conspiracy (Courthouse News Service)
- Prior Pending Action - Ex Parte Compass DBA BBVA Compass and Amy Hovis
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION - MISREPRESENTATION DEFENSE - CASCADEN V. WINN-DIXIE MONTGOMERY, LLC
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - INTERVENING CAUSE - FRAZIER V. GILLIS
- Breedlove & Cunningham Recognized as "Leading Lawyers of Alabama"
-
July
- DISCOVERY - EX PARTE DELTA INTERNATIONAL MACHINERY CORPORATION
- PERSONAL JURISDICTION - EX PARTE NO. 1 STEEL PRODUCTS, INC.
- APPEAL - MOTION TO DISMISS - ALTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
- ARBITRATION - ALABAMA TITLE LOANS, INC. V. KIMBERLY C. WHITE
- BP's Ex Chief and Plaintiffs' Lawyers Spar Over Safety (the New York Times)
-
June
- WAIVER OF UM COVERAGE FOR FAILURE TO GIVE PRIOR NOTICE - DOWNEY V. TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY INS. CO.
- VENUE IN AEMLD CLAIMS - EX PARTE THOMASVILLE FEED & SEED, INC.
- LIMITATIONS IN CASES INVOLVING LONG-TERM CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE TO A TOXIC SUBSTANCE - JERKINS V. LINCOLN ELECTRIC CO., ET AL
- PERSONAL JURISDICTION - BRANDED TRAILER SALES, INC. V. UNIVERSAL TRUCKLOAD SERVICES, INC.
- ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE ON REMAND - EX PARTE G.A. WEST & COMPANY
- Judgment as a Matter of Law - Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. J-Mar Machine & Pump, Inc.
- Guest Statute - Wantonness - Mandella v. Pennington
- SUMMARY JUDGMENT - FARR V. THE GULF AGENCY
- STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR WANTONNESS NOW TWO YEARS - EX PARTE CAPSTONE BUILDING CORP.
-
May
- Medical Malpractice - Learned-Intermediary Doctrine - Nail v. Publix Super Markets, Inc.
- FIRST AMENDMENT - LITTLE V. CONSOLIDATED PUBLISHING COMPANY
- SUMMARY JUDGMENT - JOHNSON V. LAYTON
- SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY - EX PARTE J. CHRISTOPHER MURPHY
- ROBERT MITCHELL NAMED TO 40 UNDER 40 CLASS OF 2011
- APPEAL -- ALABAMA LITIGATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACT - MAHONEY V. LOMA ALTA PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
- JURY TRIAL / WAIVER - EX PARTE COBLE
- DISCOVERY - EX PARTE COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CO. V. AFFINITY HOSPITAL, LLC
-
April
- UM COVERAGE - BAILEY V. PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS ATTORNEYS NAMED TO SUPER LAWYERS 2011
- STATE-AGENT IMMUNITY - N.C. V. P.R. CALDWELL
- VESSELS OF OPPORTUNITY LAWSUIT: BP BROKE PROMISES IN OIL SPILL PROGRAM (AL.COM)
- FORMER VOO CAPTAINS SUE BP FOR DAMAGES (WALA)
- LAWSUIT FILED FOR VESSELS OF OPPORTUNITY PARTICIPANTS
- PROPER MEASURE OF DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT IN A SALE OF LAND - RADECTIC V. MURPHY
- VENUE - EX PARTE TYSON CHICKEN, INC.
- DEADLINE TO JOIN LAWSUIT DRAWS NEAR (WALA)
- DEVELOPERS SEEK BP SETTLEMENT FOR FAILED COMMERCIAL PROJECT (AL.COM)
- APPEAL DISMISSED BECAUSE JUDGMENT WAS NOT FINAL - ARVIN NORTH AMERICAN AUTOMOTIVE, INC. V. RODGERS
- CIVIL PROCEDURE & WRONGFUL DEATH - INGRAM V. VAN DALL
- TORT OF OUTRAGE - LITTLE V. ROBINSON
- NEGLIGENCE / BREACH OF WARRANTY - GUNN V. KFC U.S. PROPERTIES, INC.
-
March
- COMPENSATION OUTSIDE SCHEDULE - EX PARTE THOMAS HAYES
- APPEAL -- CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE - NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO., AND NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP. V. JOHNSON
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - RULE 24(B)/ARBITRATION - JIM PARKER BUILDING CO., INC. V. G&S GLASS & SUPPLY CO.
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE -- SUMMARY JUDGMENT - BRELAND V. RICH
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - SEXUAL ASSAULT - O'REAR V. B.H.
- FORUM SELECTION CLAUSES - EX PARTE NAWAS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL SERVICE, INC.
- CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE - THOMAS V. EARNEST
- SHRIMPER SAYS BP LAWSUIT MAY BE BEST BET (WKRG)
- RESTAURANT FAILS TO ADDRESS HAZARDOUS FLOOR CONDITION (TRIAL MAGAZINE)
-
February
- WORKERS' COMP - IMMUNITY FOR TORT LIABILITY - EX PARTE THE SALVATION ARMY
- DEADLINE FOR OIL SPILL LITIGATION (WKRG)
- JURY SELECTION - FORD MOTOR COMPANY V. DUCKETT
- SUMMARY JUDGMENT -- GUEST STATUTE - NEAL V. SEM RAY, INC.
- SUMMARY JUDGMENT -- EXCULPATORY CLAUSE - ROBINSON V. SOVRAN ACQUISITION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
- BP MEDIATOR FEINBERG CAN'T CALL HIMSELF INDEPENDENT, JUDGE SAYS (BLOOMBERG)
-
January
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION - SCHEIN CHRYSLER DODGE, INC. V. RUSHING
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - MARKS V. RESTON CONSTR., INC.
- PERSONAL INJURY - PRICE V. MACON COUNTY GREYHOUND PARK, INC.
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION - EX PARTE COWABUNGA, INC., D/B/A DOMINO'S PIZZA
- JURISDICTION - FRYE V. SMITH
- VENUE - EX PARTE INTERNATIONAL REFINING AND MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
- STATE AGENT IMMUNITY - EX PARTE PHENIX CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION
- STATE AGENT IMMUNITY - HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY FOR BAPTIST HEALTH, AN AFFILIATE OF UAB HEALTH SYSTEM, D/B/A BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - EX PARTE HICKS
- POST-JUDGMENT MOTIONS - CLAYTON V. LLB TIMBER CO., INC.
- RULE 59.1 - DISPOSITION OF POST-JUDGMENT MOTIONS - EX PARTE LIMERICK
- RULE 45 - SUBPOENAS - EX PARTE TUCKER
-
December
-
2010
-
December
- SCOPE OF JURY - WAIVER PROVISIONS - EX PARTE ROPER
- BALDWIN SCHOOLS HIRE CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS TO HANDLE $4.4 MILLION BP CLAIM (PRESS-REGISTER)
- IMPROPER VENUE - EX PARTE VALENTINA LUGO DE VEGA, ET AL.
- PERSONAL JURISDICTION - EX PARTE DRAGOMIR
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - MCKELVIN V. SMITH
- STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN PRODUCT LIABILITY CLAIMS INVOLVING MINORS - ELLIOT V. NAVISTAR, INC., ET AL.
- November
- October
-
August
- PUNITIVE DAMAGES - HOWARD ROSS V. SHAULI ROSEN-RAGER AND RENE ROSEN RAGER
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION - SOUTHERN HOMES, AL, INC. V. BERMUDA LAKES, LLC
- ADEQUACY OF JURY VERDICT IN MVA - ALLEN V. BRIGGS, ET AL
- VENUE IN AEMLD ACTION - EX PARTE MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- STATE AGENT IMMUNITY - EX PARTE CECILIA J. DIXON AND CITY OF MONTGOMERY
- UNLICENSED RESIDENTIAL HOMEBUILDERS - JIM KING D/B/A KING HOME SERVICES V. RIEDL
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION: STANDARD OF PROOF - HARRIS V. RUSSELL PETROLEUM CORP.
- ARBITRATION - SELZER AUTOMOTIVE, L.P. V. CUMBERLAND PLASTICS SYSTEMS, LLC
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS HELPS LOCAL YOUTH FOOTBALL TEAM
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS ATTORNEYS NAMED BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA
-
July
- BP, SPILL VICTIMS FIGHT OVER VENUE FOR COURT CASES (NEW ORLEANS CITY BUSINESS)
- VACARIOUS LIABILITY AND WANTONNESS - CHESHIRE V. PUTMAN
- BURROWES V. SWIFT TRANSPORTATION CO., INC., 2010 WL 2976102 (S.D. ALA. JUNE 29, 2010), AFFM'D, 2010 WL 2978408 (S.D. ALA., JULY
- COVENANTS NOT TO COMPETE - PINZONE V. PAPA'S WINGS, INC.
- STATUTE OF FRAUDS - BUILDERS SUPPLY AND SALVAGE COMPANY, INC.
-
June
- NEGLIGENCE - DUTY OWED - MILLER V. CLECKLER
- ALABAMA LEGAL SERVICES LIABILITY ACT - LIVELY V. KILGORE
- FILED-RATE DOCTRINE AND FAILURE TO EXHAUST ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES - EX PARTE THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.
- INSIDER AT BP CALL CENTER ADMITS TRUTH (WKRG.COM)
- AFTER BP INACTION, FAIRHOPE WILL DEPLOY ITS OWN BOOM (AL.COM)
-
May
- OIL SPILL NOTEBOOK: COMPANY FACES SUITS (MOBILE PRESS-REGISTER)
- TRANSOCEAN AGREES TO ALLOW OIL POLLUTION ACT CLAIMS TO PROCEED
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS HAS THREE PARTNERS NAMED TO LAWDRAGON’S 500 LEADING LAWYERS IN AMERICA FOR 2010
- FIRM REPRESENTS FAMILY IN LOCAL CEMETERY MIX-UP (WKRG.COM)
- LEAKING GULF OIL FEEDS A LITIGATION FLOOD (IMS-EXPERTSERVICES.COM)
- LEGAL LANDSCAPE FOR OIL SPILLS HAS CHANGED SINCE EXXON VALDEZ (WKRG.COM)
- STATE-AGENT IMMUNITY - EX PARTE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND FRANKYE BEAL, ET AL.
- DISMISSAL FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION - ALEXANDER V. GEICO INSURANCE CO.
- FAILURE TO STRIKE EVIDENCE - STEPHANIE BERRY AND EVA BERRY V. DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST CO.
- ORE TENUS RULE - EX PARTE MICHAEL J. GILLEY AND SUSAN HELMS GILLEY
- GULF OIL SPILL RIG OWNER TRANSOCEAN SEEKS TO LIMIT LIABILITY TO ABOUT $27 MILLION (AL.COM)
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS FILES BRIEF IN RESPONSE TO BP'S MOTION TO TRANSFER ACTIONS
- BP FILES COURT PAPERS TO TRANSFER ALL OIL SPILL LAWSUITS TO ITS HOMETOWN OF HOUSTON, TEXAS
- EIGHT CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS' ATTORNEYS NAMED IN SUPER LAWYERS MAGAZINE
- WRONGFUL DEATH - STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS - NO RELATION BACK OF APPOINTMENT - WOOD V. WAYMAN
- PANHANDLE TOURISTS WEIGH RESERVATIONS (ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION)
- FLORIDA VACATION RENTAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDS CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS
- CHECKS COMING FOR FISHERMEN; CONDO OWNERS, RESTAURANTS HAVE TO WAIT (PRESS-REGISTER)
- SHELBY MAN, JEFFCO FIRM FILE LAWSUIT OVER OIL SPILL AIM TO GET CLASS-ACTION STATUS (THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS)
- INDIRECT VICTIMS OF OIL SPILL ARE ON THEIR OWN (ST. PETERSBURG TIMES)
- GULF OIL SPILL LAWSUITS: THREE MORE FILED BY MOBILE LAW FIRM (AL.COM)
- BP TOLD TO STOP CIRCULATING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH COASTAL ALABAMIANS (AL.COM)
- CLICK HERE FOR HELP OR POTENTIAL REPRESENTATION RELATED TO THE OIL SPILL DISASTER
- OIL SUITS FLOW, BUT TROY KING URGES PRAYER (MOBILE PRESS-REGISTER)
-
April
- CIVIL PROCEDURE / AEMLD / NEGLIGENCE - GARRIE V. SUMMIT TREESTANDS, LLC
- ATTORNEY GENERAL TO MEET WITH COUNTERPARTS IN MOBILE; URGES LAWYERS NOT TO RUSH TO COURT (AL.COM)
- MULTIPLE CLASS ACTIONS FILED OVER OIL SPILL (WKRG.COM)
- SPILL OF LAWSUITS FOLLOWS QUICKLY WITH DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL DISASTER IN GULF (AL.COM)
- MENTAL ANGUISH DAMAGES IN TRESPASS CLAIMS - CHESTANG, ET AL. V. IPSCO STEEL, INC., ET AL.
- COMMON-LAW STATUTE OF REPOSE - OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC. V. JOHN W. WELLS, ET AL.
- ALABAMA ARBITRATION ACT & MANIFEST DISREGARD OF THE LAW - VOLVO TRUCKS NA, INC. V. DOLPHIN LINE, INC.
- ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE - BRANNON V. BANKTRUST, INC.
- RSA ANNOUNCES $100 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH UBS WARBURG
- MANY MOTORISTS LACK FULL UNINSURED COVERAGE – MOBILE PRESS-REGISTER EDITORIAL BY GREG BREEDLOVE
- RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS - DIRECTORY ASSISTANTS, INC. V. COOKE, CAMERON, TRAVIS AND COMPANY, P.C.
- SERVICE - BOGUS V. BANK OF NEW YORK
- RULE 59.1 REQUIRES WRITTEN OPINION AND ORDER - EX PARTE JACKSON HOSPITAL & CLINIC, INC.
- JURY WAIVER PROVISIONS - EX PARTE AIG BAKER ORANGE BEACH WHARF, LLC
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS RANKED IN TOP 100 VERDICTS FOR 2009
- March
- February
- January
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December
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2009
- December
- November
- October
- September
- August
- June
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May
- SEVEN CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS ATTORNEYS NAMED IN SUPER LAWYERS MAGAZINE
- ELGIE V. BIC USA, INC., ET AL., 2009 WL 3526702 (S.D. ALA. 2009)
- MITCHELL COMPANY VP TO TESTIFY BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE OF SENATE JUDICIARY COMM.
- CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS SPONSORS LAW HELPLINE
- EX PARTE DBI, INC. F/K/A DUCK BOO INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., 23 SO.3D 635 (ALA. 2009)
- April
- March
- February
- January
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
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2004
- December
- November
- September
- July
- June
- May
- April
-
March
- JUDGE CUTS ALABAMA VERDICT AGAINST EXXON MOBIL TO $3.6 BILLION
- NATURAL GAS LITIGATION MEANS MILLIONS TO STATE, LAWYERS
- LAWSUIT ACCUSES MISSISSIPPI FIRM IN FATAL FLASH FIRE ACCIDENT
- JUDGE WEIGHS WHETHER TO REDUCE RECORD $11.9 BILLION VERDICT
- JUDGE TO HEAR ARGUMENTS THURSDAY ON RECORD VERDICT
- FOUR FILE CLAIMS IN DEADLY WRECKS
- February
-
2003
-
November
- JURY AWARDS $20M FOR ELECTROCUTION
- JURY RETURNS $11.9 BILLION JUDGMENT AGAINST EXXON MOBIL
- JURORS DELIBERATE IN ALABAMA'S SUIT AGAINST EXXON MOBIL
- STATE ATTORNEY ASKS FOR $9.5 BILLION IN ROYALTY CASE
- MACK TRUCK, INC. V. MARY WITHERSPOON, AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF TONNIE RAY WITHERSPOON, DECEASED, 867 SO. 2D 307 (ALA.
-
October
- TIME LINE IN EXXON MOBIL NATURAL GAS DISPUTE
- EXXON TRIAL, PART TWO, UNDERWAY
- STATE AGAIN SEEKING MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR VERDICT AGAINST EXXON
- RECORD-SETTING LAWSUIT GETS NEW TRIAL AMID STATE MONEY WOES
- THOMAS J. MCGETTIGAN, CATHY S. MCGETTIGAN, AND PAULINE C. LANGHAM, ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND A PUNITIVE CLASS OF ALL OTHERS SI
- July
-
June
- JURY AWARDS $14.5 MILLION IN TEEN'S DEATH
- JURY SIDES WITH MOTHER OF TEEN WHO DIED IN SURGERY
- JURY TO RESUME DELIBERATIONS
- HEARING OPENS ON DEATH OF TEEN AFTER OVERBITE SURGERY
- FIX-A-FLAT JURY PLANNED TO OFFER $7 MILLION
- DR. JUAN RONDEROS AND COASTAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE, P.A. V. MYRTLE ROWELL, AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD LARRY RO
- May
- April
- March
- February
-
November
-
2002
-
September
- INFRACTIONS APPEAL: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, TUSCALOOSA
- ADVOCATES OF OPENNESS FIGHT SEALING OF CIVIL COURT RECORDS
- AARON L. OSBORNE AND BONITA R. OSBORNE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, PLAINTIFFS,
- UA LEGAL APPEAL UNLIKELY
- ALABAMA EXHAUSTS APPEALS OF PENALTY
- ALABAMA'S REACTION TO NCAA APPEAL
- ARGUMENTS FELL ON DEAF EARS
- BOOSTER SAYS HE IS VICTIM IN PROBE
- PLAYERS: TIME TO MOVE ON
- TIDE GETS NO RELIEF FROM NCAA
- TIDE FANS ANGERED OVER OUTCOME
- UA OFFICIALS NOT OFF HOOK
- NCAA UPHOLDS SANCTIONS AGAINST ALABAMA
- SANCTIONS STAND
- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA RESPONSES TO THE APPEAL DECISION
- PROPERTY OWNERS ASSERT CLAIMS FOR DEFECTIVE SIDING IN CLASS ACTION INVOLVING STIMSON (FORESTEX) HARDBOARD SIDING
-
August
- UA DIDN'T GET EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW FROM THE NCAA
- WRANGLING WITH CONFIDENTIALITY AND CREDIBILITY
- UA ATTACKS SANCTIONS AS UNFAIR
- UA PULLS NO PUNCHES IN RESPONSE TO NCAA
- COURT UPHOLDS $6.25 MILLION BALDWIN ACCIDENT VERDICT
- STILL UPHILL FOR UA
- TIDE STATES ITS CASE
- ALABAMA LAWYERS SAY HEARING WENT WELL
- UA TO APPEAL FOR LENIENCY
- ALABAMA SEEKS FINAL JUDGMENT
- NCAA HEARING WON’T PROVIDE EASY ANSWERS
- HOPE FOR BAMA?
- July
- May
- April
- March
- February
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September
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2001
- December
- November
- October
- September
- August
- July
- June
- May
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April
- ROYALTY CASE ZEROES IN ON POSSIBLE GAINS
- EXPERT: EXXON CAN EASILY PAY $4.3 BILLION AWARD
- Judge in Exxon Trial Must Decide on Judgement Award
- EX-CHIEF: EXXON EXPECTED AUDIT
- EXXON, STATE LOOK FORWARD TO APPEALS
- TESTIMONY OF EXXON'S WITNESS FAILS TO IMPRESS CIRCUIT JUDGE
- JUDGE SAYS HER DECISION PROBABLY WON'T MATTER IN LONG RUN
- EXXON ASKS JUDGE TO CHANGE AWARD
- EXXON, STATE TO SQUARE OFF OVER VERDICT
- JUDGE HEARS ARGUMENTS ON WHETHER TO REDUCE RECORD VERDICT
- March
- February
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January
- JUDGE REFUSES NEW TRIAL IN RECORD VERDICT
- EXXON JURORS DESERVED MORE RESPECT
- NAILING EXXON FOR $3.5B WITH NINE KEY DOCUMENTS
- EXXON'S DEFENSE A LETDOWN
- CLASS ACTION LITIGATION REPORT
- WINNER IN EXXON CASE POISED FOR BIG PAYOFF
- EXXON ORDERED TO PAY $3.5 BILLION TO ALABAMA IN ROYALTIES DISPUTE
- EDITORIAL TOOK CHEAP SHOT AT LAWYER'S FIRM
- THINK OF THE WORK THE LAWYERS HAD TO DO
- SEEMS LIKE A 'WINDFALL' IS IN EYE OF BEHOLDER
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2000
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December
- PRYOR: STATE'S USE OF PRIVATE LAWYERS NOT ODD
- EDITORIAL'S ANTI-LAWYER BIAS HURTS THE STATE
- EXXON AWARD SHOWS VALUE OF JURY TRIALS
- IF EXXON IS GUILTY, THE STERN VERDICT IS JUSTIFIED
- LEASE KEY TO $3.5 BILLION
- TORT REFORMERS MOSTLY IGNORE EXXON VERDICT
- SLAYING A GIANT: THE CASE OF ALABAMA VS. EXXON MOBIL
- SOUTHEAST BOND-WATCH ALABAMA
- STATE MAY WAIT YEARS FOR ANY MONEY
- TOUGH LEASE AGREEMENT TRIPS UP EXXON
- HEFTY PUNITIVE AWARD BRINGS MIXED FEELINGS
- ALABAMA JURY ORDERS EXXONMOBIL TO PAY $3.5B IN DAMAGES
- ALABAMA COURT ORDERS EXXON MOBIL TO PAY $3.5 BILLION IN ROYALTIES SUIT
- MANAGERS AND MANAGING: EXXON MOBIL FACES BIG PAYOUT IN ALABAMA OVER GAS ROYALTIES
- HUGE EXXON VERDICT A RECORD FOR ALABAMA
- ORDERS EXXON MOBIL TO PAY $3.5 BILLION IN ROYALTIES SUIT
- STATE WINS EXXON LAWSUIT
- OTHER OIL COMPANIES FACE SIMILAR LAWSUITS
- OPINION
- JURY ORDERS EXXON MOBIL TO PAY $3.5 BILLION
- STATE GETS $3.5 BILLION JUDGMENT VS. EXXON
- EXXON TO PAY $3.5 BILLION IN SUIT
- EXXON ORDERED TO PAY $3.5 BLN ON FRAUD CLAIMS
- STATE SEEKS $3 BILLION IN EXXON CASE
- EXXON GAS ROYALTIES TRIAL BEGINS
- JURY TO HEAR TESTIMONY IN EXXON SUIT
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