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Wrongful death plaintiff can try for nurse's personnel file again, Ala. SC rules
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of Alabama has ruled in favor of the estate of Frederick O’Brian Elliot, who died in 2015 while in the care of Baptist Health Systems. -
Alabama Supreme Court allows breach of warranty claim to stand in surgical mesh suit
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – A decision regarding the appeal of a lawsuit over medical malpractice allegations was handed down by Justice James Allen Main of the Alabama Supreme Court on Aug. 24. -
Oyster farmers can sue commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources Dept., Ala. SC rules
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of Alabama on Aug. 19 reversed a decision of the Montgomery Circuit Court, reinstating the commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by oyster farmers. -
Defamation suit filed by alleged Roy Moore victim will stay in Alabama court
Court upholds lower circuit court ruling for change of venue from Etowah to Montgomery county. -
Wrongful death case against nursing home to be heard in Ala. court, not arbitration
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – A woman suing a nursing home company on behalf of her late mother has won one round of her action after the Alabama Supreme Court dismissed a motion to compel arbitration. -
Baptist Health System granted another trial in $10 million Ala. medical malpractice case
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – A man previously awarded $10 million over his son’s treatment at Walker Baptist Medical Center has to face another trial, according to a May 18 opinion in the Supreme Court of Alabama. -
Alabama SC orders arbitration in lawsuit over heavy mining equipment
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – Alabama's high court has reversed a ruling that denied arbitration in a case over allegedly defective heavy mining equipment. -
Alabama Supreme Court denies woman new trial in wrongful death lawsuit
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – The Alabama Supreme Court backed a lower court’s ruling as it denied a woman’s post-judgment request for a new trial in a wrongful death case. -
Talent agency not liable for injuries at Ala. Cannibal Corpse show
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – A talent agency was exonerated recently by the Supreme Court of Alabama regarding incidents allegedly leading to a teenager’s injuries on the grounds that the multi-national company did not fall under the state’s jurisdiction. -
Ala. Supreme Court rules damages cap does not apply to wrongful death suit against nurses
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – The Alabama Supreme Court has reversed a ruling in a wrongful death case and has ruled that the claims against nurses are not subject to a damages cap. -
Alabama Supreme Court reverses $2.5 million wrongful death ruling after eyewitness not disclosed
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – The Alabama Supreme Court has reversed a multimillion-dollar verdict in a wrongful death case stemming from a fatal accident. -
Alabama SC: Settlement schedule violates due process rights, class members deserve more information
The state’s high court sided with objectors, vacating an order entered by a trial court awarding class counsel a fee of $124 million for their work on a $310 million class action settlement. -
Alabama Supreme Court upholds summary judgment rejection in wrongful death lawsuit
The Alabama Supreme Court concluded the Dallas Circuit Court was correct when it denied a motion for summary judgment in a wrongful death lawsuit against Terrence Venter and the city of Selma. -
Insurer can't recover $465K it spent fighting med-mal case; Ala. SC says statute of limitations had tolled
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – The Alabama Supreme Court has overturned a Shelby Circuit Court summary judgment that awarded Benchmark Insurance Co. $465,000 in its indemnification lawsuit filed against a pharmacist employed by Southern Medical Inc. -
Doctor fighting sexual abuse lawsuit doesn't have to turn over previous complaint
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – The Alabama Supreme Court has granted a petition filed by a doctor who didn't feel required to turn over a sexual abuse complaint to a separate patient who sued him. -
Supreme Court rules Jewels by Park Lane case to be dismissed for improper filing
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – The Alabama Supreme Court of Alabama has dismissed a lawsuit against a jewelry company on the grounds of filing in an improper venue. -
Label or Liability: GSK faces $3M verdict over product it didn't make
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - This spring, a Chicago federal jury awarded $3 million to the widow of a lawyer who committed suicide by stepping in front of a CTA L train in Chicago’s Loop in 2010 shortly after taking a generic version of the antidepressant drug Paxil. -
Alabama Supreme Court sends workers' compensation suit back to court to decide retaliatory discharge claim
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – The Alabama Supreme Court remanded a workers' compensation case back to state court to decide if the retaliatory discharge claim, filed by an injured nursing home worker, was covered under her employer’s program designed to compel arbitration. -
Alabama Supreme Court sends eight Family Security Credit Union cases to arbitration
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – Eight separate claims filed against a credit union for allegedly failing to perfect its security interest in vehicles before financing the purchasers of the vehicles will head arbitration, according to a court ruling. -
Court rules woman's termination from North American Bus Industries not warranted
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of Alabama has reversed a judgment from the Calhoun Circuit Court in a wrongful termination lawsuit against. North American Bus Industries Inc. (NABI).