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Former law partner will preside over civil rights advocate's defamation case in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – The next stop appears to be trial for the defamation lawsuit of a civil rights activist in Alabama who is suing the Selma Times-Journal. -
Is a motorized wheelchair on the road a vehicle? Court makes decision
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – A motorized wheelchair on the street is a “motor vehicle” under state law, the Alabama Supreme Court has ruled. -
Despite claims of mental disability, Alabama court affirms loan with 170% interest rate and taking of car
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – A man representing an Alabama woman who he says was incapable of entering into a high-interest loan agreement that cost her her car has failed to show why. -
Alabama SC justice says it's time to overturn Roe v. Wade
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – The father of an aborted fetus has lost his wrongful death lawsuit, while one of the Alabama Supreme Court justices took the opportunity to make known his opinion of the pro-choice Roe v. Wade ruling. -
Lawyers can keep suing Terminix after hiring one of its former managers
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – Lawyers who sue Terminix haven’t created a conflict by hiring one of the company’s former employees, the Alabama Supreme Court has ruled. -
Judge was hasty to toss case because plaintiffs counsel couldn't attend hearing, Ala. SC rules
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – An Alabama judge fed up with delays in an assault lawsuit was wrong to throw it out of court when plaintiffs attorneys asked for a continuance, the Alabama Supreme Court has ruled. -
Lawsuit over suicide of inmate fails; No indication he wanted to hurt himself, court rules
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – Two jail employees won’t held liable for the suicide of an inmate in 2012 who was apprehended hiding in a freezer. -
Bankrupt day care loses lawsuit after TV falls off wall, crushes sleeping 2-year-old's skull
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – There will be no new trial for a day care facility where a two-year-old boy’s skull was crushed by an unsecured television that fell on him while he napped. -
Alabama court orders that deer stay the same size
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – Hunters in Alabama will need to keep looking hard for big bucks, as their Supreme Court has, for now, ruled breeders shouldn’t create a mule deer-whitetail hybrid. -
In case of 8-year-old girl hit by truck while crossing highway to get to school bus, driver is not liable
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – A school bus driver alleged to have partly caused the death of an eight-year-old girl who was run over by a truck is entitled to immunity from a lawsuit. -
Alabama Supreme Court: Caterer not liable for fatal accident
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Summary judgment for a catering company accused of serving a man alcohol before he caused a fatal accident was affirmed in the Supreme Court of Alabama on April 24. -
Alabama woman wins appeal in wrongful death action against psychiatric hospital
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - An Alabama woman has won her appeal of a wrongful death action she initially lost on behalf of a military veteran relative who died in a psychiatric hospital. -
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Alabama Supreme Court tells court to reverse denial of summary judgment in shooting
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of Alabama told the Jefferson Circuit Court to void its July 2019 decision denying a partial summary judgment to the owners of a bar named as defendants in a lawsuit because a two-year statute of limits to do so had expired. -
Alabama Supreme Court rules construction company failed to provide proof of arbitration clause
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — The Alabama Supreme Court ruled a construction company failed to establish the existence of a contract that included an arbitration clause. -
Alabama Supreme Court reverses defamation verdict against Montgomery TV station
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — The Alabama Supreme Court reversed a defamation verdict against Birmingham Broadcasting LLC, finding that the judgment should've been rendered in favor of WVTM-TV. -
A pothole is not automatically 'an open and obvious danger,' split Alabama Supreme Court rules
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – The case of an elderly woman who suffered injuries when she fell in the parking lot is on its way back to a Shelby County court after Alabama's highest court ruled that parking lot potholes "are not an open and obvious danger per se." -
Expert not qualified to testify in wrongful death case against doctor, Alabama Supreme Court rules
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – After ruling that an expert was not qualified to testify, an Alabama court reversed a previous denial of a doctor’s motion for a judgment as a matter of law in a wrongful death lawsuit against him. -
Jury instructions key to Alabama Supreme Court opinion in medical malpractice case; Verdict affirmed
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – Instructions to a jury in a medical malpractice case were front and center in a recent decision by the Alabama Supreme Court. -
Lawsuit against 3M, others over chemical discharges in Alabama will proceed
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of Alabama has denied a petition for writ mandamus from several out-of-state companies that allegedly discharged toxic chemicals from their Georgia plants into industrial wastewater. -
Teacher immune from lawsuit over fatal wreck caused by student's trip to McDonald's
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newline) – On Dec. 6, the Supreme Court of Alabama granted a Tuscaloosa City Schools teacher’s petition for writ of mandamus under state-agent immunity in a negligence case against her after one of her students was in a car accident that killed a woman and injured her two sons during a trip to McDonald's after class.