J.D.A. v. A.B.A.
J.D.A. ("the husband") appealed a circuit court judgment that, among other things, divorced him from A.B.A. ("the wife"); divided the marital assets; awarded the wife periodic alimony; required the...
View ArticleWiley v. Bohannon Services, Inc.
Tommy Wiley appealed a circuit court judgment in favor of Bohannon Services, Inc. As a Bohannon employee, Wiley suffered a shoulder injury as a result of a work-related accident. Wiley filed a...
View ArticleErvin v. City of Birmingham
Derrick Ervin appealed a summary judgment in favor of the City of Birmingham seeking the return of $178,858. The money was taken pursuant to a search of a vehicle impounded by police in connection with...
View ArticleR & G, LLC v. RCH IV-WB, LLC
Appellants R & G, LLC, George D. Copelan, Sr., Gilman Hackel, and Robert Yarbrough appealed a $1.3 million circuit court judgment entered against them and in favor of RCH IV-WB, LLC ("RCH"). In...
View ArticleSSC Montgomery Cedar Crest Operating Company, LLC v. Bolding
SSC Montgomery Cedar Crest Operating Company, LLC appealed a circuit court judgment denying its motion to compel arbitration of the medical-malpractice claim asserted against it by Linda Bolding, as...
View ArticleRodgers v. McElroy
Following an automobile accident in which Ron'Drequez Cortez White was killed by a drunk driver, Elizabeth McElroy, the county administrator for Jefferson County and appointed personal representative...
View ArticleSlagle v. Ross
On rehearing, Clay C. Slagle moved the Supreme Court to "disqualify" Robert Bernard Harwood, Jr., from sitting as a Special Justice on this case on the ground, among others, that he was then-currently...
View ArticleEx parte Parker
Jermaine Parker was convicted of conspiracy to commit a controlled-substance crime (the unlawful distribution of cocaine), and of obstructing governmental operations. The Supreme Court granted...
View ArticleHegarty v. Hudson
Daniel Ernest Hegarty, M.D., and the Monroeville Medical Clinic appealed a circuit court judgment entered in favor of Dixie Hudson in her medical-malpractice action. Dr. Hegarty delivered Hudson's baby...
View ArticleParker et al. v. Mobile Gas Service Corporation et al.
Plaintiffs sued Mobile Gas Service Corporation, pipeline operators and several other companies over the release of an odorant containing mercaptan. Mobile Gas, stated that, in fall 2011, Mobile Gas...
View ArticlePerdue v. Green
Immediately following the release of the Supreme Court's previous decision in this case, the Alabama Legislature passed Act No. 2012-198, Ala. Acts 2012, which repealed the statutory provision that...
View ArticleFuller v. Town of Magnolia Springs
Lowell and Deborah Fuller, and Ronald Sheila Turner, appealed a circuit court judgment that found that although the Town of Magnolia Springs held no riparian rights in or to the Magnolia River, the...
View ArticleUpshaw v. Alabama
Roosevelt Upshaw appealed a circuit court's decision to deny his petition for habeas relief. In his petition, Upshaw alleged that the Alabama Department of Corrections ("ADOC") had erred in calculating...
View ArticleGuster Law Firm, LLC v. Brooks Insurance Agency
Brooks Insurance Agency, Sidney Brooks (its agent), and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company (collectively "Nationwide") petitioned the Supreme Court for a...
View ArticleEx parte Transportation Leasing Corp., and Aquilex Hydrochem, LLC
Transportation Leasing Corp. ("TLC") and Aquilex Hydrochem, LLC, petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to order the Perry Circuit Court to vacate its order denying TLC and Aquilex's...
View ArticleShane Traylor Cabinetmaker, L.L.C. v. American Resources Insurance Company, Inc.
Shane Traylor Cabinetmaker, L.L.C. ("STC"), and Michael Shane Traylor sued American Resources Insurance Company, Inc., alleging breach of contract and bad faith, based on American Resources' refusal to...
View ArticleThe Pantry, Inc. v. Mosley
Defendants The Pantry, Inc., and Herndon Oil Corporation appealed a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs Kaycee Mosley and Alana Byrd. The appeals primarily concerned whether...
View ArticleMarathon Construction & Demolition, LLC v. King Metal Recycling & Processing...
Defendants Marathon Construction and Demolition, LLC, and OAX, LLC, appealed a circuit court order granting injunctive relief to the plaintiff King Metal Recycling and Processing Corporation. King...
View ArticleSE Property Holdings, LLC v. Eagerton
Fred and Nancy Eagerton petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the Circuit Court to enter a judgment as a matter of law in their favor and against SE Property Holdings, LLC,...
View ArticleKirkley v. Tyson Foods, Inc.
Tyson Foods, Inc. petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the Blount Circuit Court to dismiss Reba Kirkley's action against it, brought in her capacity as administratrix of her...
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