Fish Market Restaurants, Inc. v. Riverfront, LLC
Riverfront, LLC, petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the Etowah Circuit Court to vacate its order denying Riverfront's motion to enforce a forum-selection clause in a lease...
View ArticleGuardian Builders, LLC v. Uselton
Guardian Builders, LLC, and Wayne Tackett (collectively "Guardian") appealed an order that denied its motion to vacate or modify an arbitration award entered in favor of Randy and Melissa Uselton. In...
View ArticleHand v. Howell, Sarto & Howell
Tommy Hand sued the Prattville law firm of Howell, Sarto & Howell and William P. Roberts II, an attorney formerly employed by the Howell firm, asserting a claim under the Alabama Legal Services...
View ArticleSanspree v. Sterling Bank
In 2011, Sterling Bank sued Christopher Sanspree for nonpayment on a promissory note. Sanspree answered, raised counterclaims of fraudulent misrepresentation, fraudulent concealment, negligence and...
View ArticlePatterson v. Jai Maatadee, Inc.
Raymond Patterson appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of Jai Maatadee, Inc. (d/b/a, R.C. Quick Stop) and its owners. Patterson visited the R.C. Quick Stop to buy gasoline. He stepped on a...
View ArticleBlackmon v. Powell
Timmy and Stephanie Blackmon sued Eddie Powell (d/b/a Powell Plumbing Company) for negligence, wantonness, breach of implied warranties and breach of contract following a water-line rupture that caused...
View ArticleRobertson v. Mount Royal Towers
Joe Robertson appealed a circuit court order that held his claims against Mount Royal Towers were subject to an arbitration agreement and compelled him to arbitrate those claims. Finding that Robertson...
View ArticleUtilities Board of the City of Opp v. Shuler Brothers, Inc.
The Utilities Board of the City of Opp appealed a circuit court's order that denied its motion to dismiss a third-party complaint filed by Shuler Brothers, Inc. The Alabama Electric Company (AEC) had...
View ArticleCertain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London v. Southern Natural Gas Company
Southern Natural Gas Company (Sonat) sued Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London and Certain London Marketing Insurance Companies (Phase III), alleging breach of numerous umbrella and excess liability...
View ArticleHawke v. U.S. Centrifuge Systems, LLC
Defendants U.S. Innovations Group, Inc. (and several others) petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to order the trial court to dismiss claims filed against it by Judy Hawke and Carolyn...
View ArticleHosea O. Weaver & Sons, Inc. v. Balch
Hosea O. Weaver & Sons, Inc. appealed a jury verdict in favor of Ira Balch, personal representative of the Estate of Danny Balch, and Melvin Balch, personal representative of the estates of Bernard...
View ArticleM & J Materials, Inc. v. Isbell
Plaintiff Stanford Isbell sued M&J Materials, Inc. seeking workmans' compensation benefits. He also sought compensatory and punitive damages based on his claim of a retaliatory discharge. M&J...
View ArticleRodriguez-Flores v. U.S. Coatings, Inc.
Plaintiff Fernando Rodriguez-Flores appealed the dismissal of his claims of retaliatory discharge and fraud brought against his former employer, U.S. Coatings, Inc. He worked as a painter. He stated...
View ArticleO’Neal v. Bama Exterminating Company, Inc.
The O'Neals appealed a circuit court order that granted Bama Exterminating Company, Inc.'s motion to compel arbitration. The dispute arose shortly after the O'Neals closed on the purchase of a house....
View ArticlePate IV v. City of Tuscaloosa
Luther Pate, IV sought review of the Court of Criminal Appeals' decision to affirm his conviction for menacing. In a matter of first impression, the issues before the Supreme Court were: (1) whether...
View ArticleBeckworth v. Alabama
The Supreme Court held that Defendant's Rule 32 petition should not have been dismissed on the grounds that his claim for relief under Rule 32.1 lacked allegations to negate the preclusive bars of Rule...
View ArticleLightfoot v. Alabama
Defendant Reginald Tyrone Lightfoot challenged his conviction for trafficking in cocaine and his sentence of 15 years' imprisonment. The Supreme Court granted certiorari review to determine, as a...
View ArticlePrecision Gear Co. v. Continental Motors, Inc.
Precision Gear Company, Precision Gear LLC, and General Metal Heat Treating, Inc. were granted permission to appeal an interlocutory order denying their motion to dismiss the third-party claims against...
View ArticleSouth Alabama Gas District v. Knight
South Alabama Gas District (SAG) appealed a circuit court order enjoining it from selling liquified petroleum ("LP") gas and related appliances outside its member cities. Four individual taxpayers and...
View ArticleMcGathey v. Brookwood Health Services, Inc.
Felice McGathey appealed a circuit court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Brookwood Health Services, Inc., d/b/a Brookwood Medical Center, and Scott Appell, M.D., in her medical malpractice...
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