Students First Act Tenure: “Employment … Effective” Means the Paid, On-Duty Start Date (Not the Offer/Agreement Date) Introduction In Smitherman v. Roberts (Ala. Feb. 27, 2026), the Supreme Court of...
Mandamus Review of Summary-Judgment Denials on Limitations Grounds When Time-Bar Is Apparent from the Complaint Introduction In Ex parte Alfa Mutual Insurance Company and Jeffery Dimoff (Ala. Feb....
Fluorescent Markings and Construction-Zone Warnings Render Minor Elevation Changes “Open and Obvious” as a Matter of Alabama Law Case: Walter v. Branch Hays Farm SC Associates, LP Court: Supreme...
Coats v. State of Alabama — No Standing for Nominal-Party Judges to Appeal Mandamus; Circuit Mandamus to a Special Circuit Judge Is Void; Criminal-Mandamus Appellate Review Lies in the Court of...
Post-Reentry Lease Damages in Alabama: Contractual “Future Rent Differential” Clauses Survive Termination of Possession 1. Introduction In Weaver v. Frios Gourmet Pops, LLC (Ala. Feb. 20, 2026), the...
Keister v. Neurology Consultants of Huntsville, P.C.: Expert Testimony Must Be Read as a Whole on “Better-Position” Causation; Post-Judgment “Clarification” Affidavits Are Untimely When Diligence...
Ex parte Stonebridge, LLC: Filing Is Not Enough—An Action Is Not “Commenced” for Limitations Purposes Without an Objective Bona Fide Intent to Immediately Serve Court: Supreme Court of Alabama Date:...
Ex parte University of Alabama Health Services Foundation: Mandamus Relief Where Limitations Bars Are Clear on the Face of the Complaint, and § 6-2-3 Is Not Triggered by a Later “Discovery” That...
Proximate-Cause Gatekeeping in Wantonness Claims Against Pawnbrokers for Purchased Stolen Property Case: EFS Inc. v. Lee, Supreme Court of Alabama (Jan. 30, 2026) Disposition: Reversed and judgment...
Minors Are Not Exempt from Alabama’s Six-Month Municipal Notice-of-Claim Deadline (§ 11-47-23) Introduction In A.G.R. v. The City of Irondale (paired appeals also involving the City of Birmingham),...
Mandamus Requires a Developed Constitutional/Statutory Basis to Compel a Jury Determination of Prevailing-Party Contractual Attorney’s Fees I. Introduction In Ex parte Vestavia Hills, Ltd. (Ala. Jan....
Marital Presumption as an Absolute Bar Under the AUPA When the Husband Persists: Ex parte Jarrod Sessions 1. Introduction Case: Ex parte Jarrod Sessions, Supreme Court of Alabama (Jan. 23, 2026),...
Limited Safe Harbor Under Ala. Code § 34‑3‑62 and Unilateral Post‑Settlement Fee Increases: Commentary on Blevins v. Alabama State Bar I. Introduction The Supreme Court of Alabama’s decision in Jerry...
Dendy v. Ryan: Clean Hands as a Bar to the Relative‑Hardship Defense in Restrictive Covenant Enforcement I. Introduction In Dendy v. Ryan, decided on December 19, 2025, the Supreme Court of Alabama...
Laborde v. Citizens Bank, N.A.: Limiting the First‑Breach Doctrine and Clarifying Pleading Standards in Alabama Foreclosure Litigation I. Introduction In Laborde v. Citizens Bank, N.A., decided on...
“Timely Amendment” Under the Alabama Medical Liability Act: Commentary on Ex parte Coosa Valley Medical Center and Ex parte Marble City Family Care & Obstetrics, P.C. I. Introduction This decision...
No Automatic Vacatur of Domesticated Foreign Judgments Upon Reversal in the Rendering State Commentary on Shumate v. Berry Contracting, L.P., Supreme Court of Alabama (Dec. 12, 2025) I. Introduction...
Substantial Compliance with Public-Works Bid Advertising under Alabama Title 39 Commentary on Pinpoint Locating, Inc. v. The Water Works and Gas Board of the City of Red Bay, Supreme Court of Alabama...
Ex parte Best Choice Roofing Alabama, LLC: Clarifying Alabama’s “Seriously Inconvenient” Standard for Outbound Forum‑Selection Clauses I. Introduction In Ex parte Best Choice Roofing Alabama, LLC...
Southampton 100, LLC v. Alabama Department of Revenue: Limiting Dismissal Sanctions for Rule 30(b)(6) Discovery Violations and Encouraging Hearings on Contested Dispositive Motions I. Introduction...