LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS
Appellate Court Upholds Defense Verdict
In August of 2016 firm members Win Stuardi and Russell Buffkin, representing a local hospital, successfully obtained a defense verdict in a wrongful death action
Legislature Enacts Statutes Based On Proposal By ALI Committee On Which Casey Pipes Served
The Alabama Legislature enacted a new set of statutes concerning the enforceability of contractual agreements that restrain trade, such a covenants not to compete or to
Alabama Supreme Court determines that the statute of limitations for wantonness claims is two years, not six.
In Ex parte Capstone Building Corp., ___ So. 3d ___, 2011 WL 2164027 (Ala. June 3, 2011), the Supreme Court of Alabama made clear that the limitations
Alabama Supreme Court holds that wound care nurse was not qualified to testify as to the standard of care for overall post-op care of cardiac patient.
Recently, in Springhill Hospitals, Inc. v. Critopoulos, ___ So. 2d ___ 2011 WL 5607816 (Ala. Nov. 18, 2011), the Alabama Supreme Court reversed the trial
Recent Alabama Tort Reform Measures
Helmsing Leach attorneys Joseph P. H. Babington and Andy Stivender co-authored an article discussing the Alabama Legislature’s recent tort-reform measures. The new legislation decreases the
Applying superseded law, the Alabama Supreme Court holds that a plaintiff who was continuously exposed to a toxic substance could recover only for those injuries he could prove occurred during the applicable limitations period.
In 2008, the Supreme Court of Alabama decided Griffin v. Unocal Corp., 990 So. 2d 291 (Ala. 2008). In that opinion, the Court overruled Garrett
The Alabama Supreme Court holds that venue of a products liability claim against the corporate seller of fertilizer was not proper in the county of the plaintiff’s residence.
In Ex parte Thomasville Feed & Seed, Inc., ___ So. 3d ___, 2011 WL 2573049 (Ala. June 30, 2011), a cattle farmer sued Thomasville Feed &
Alabama Supreme Court determines that statute of limitations for wantonness claims is two years, not six.
In Ex parte Capstone Building Corp., ___ So. 3d ___, 2011 WL 2164027 (Ala. June 3, 2011), the Supreme Court of Alabama made clear that