A divided court held that the LLC the University of South Alabama formed to employ its hospital workforce is not an arm of the State and can be sued over a patient's death.
The court held that Alabama's two-year deadline for suing lawyers starts with the lawyer's alleged error, not the client's later loss, and overruled conflicting precedent.
The court reversed a $205,270 judgment, $107,151 in late charges and a $159,355 fee award, holding a 'without penalty' termination clause was unambiguous.
The Alabama Supreme Court directed the Baldwin Circuit Court to vacate an order that let insurance agent McCarron Insurance Group interplead a premium refund and dismissed it from a marine dealer's suit alleging it kept $75,368 of the dealer's premiums.
On remand from Williams v. Reed, the Alabama Supreme Court held the claimants' delay claims moot and found they had shown no remaining remedy on their notice claim.
A 5-4 court found enough evidence that the airline fired a Mobile worker for seeking workers' compensation, but sent the $675,000 award back for the trial judge to explain.
A divided court told a Monroe County judge to vacate an order requiring seven depositions and to rule first on a bid to send a contract fight to New York.
The court held that only the Republican Party's executive committee could hear a pre-election challenge to Tuberville's residency, and that committee has already ruled for him.
A pharmacy-services exclusion barred every claim from a 1,000-fold belladonna overdose, and the owner's failure to read the policy defeated a suit against the agent.