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   State Courts - Alabama - February 9, 2007

  
1631 Second Ave. N., L.L.C. v. Raine, 1051463, SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA, February 9, 2007, Released
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Overview: Trial court properly granted summary judgment to appellee sellers on the prospective buyers' action for specific performance pro tanto of its contract with the sellers; ordering specific performance would have made prospective buyer a joint owner of property with several strangers and several problems existed with the parties' underlying contract.

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Barnes v. Bay Furniture & Appliance Co., 2050291, COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF ALABAMA, February 9, 2007, Released
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Bd. of Sch. Comm'rs v. Dunn, 2040708, COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF ALABAMA, February 9, 2007, Decided
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Clark v. Kindley, 2050829, COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF ALABAMA, February 9, 2007, Released
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Overview: There was a fact question as to whether a mechanic was aware of and recklessly indifferent to the danger of driving a truck and trailer without lights on a dark country road at a slow rate of speed, and whether this conduct constituted wantonness under Ala. Code § 6-11-20(b)(3). A driver's wantonness claim should have been presented to the jury.

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Horn v. Fadal Machining Ctrs., LLC, 1051161, SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA, February 9, 2007, Released
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Overview: Estate representative presented substantial evidence of elements of Alabama Extended Manufacturer's Liability Doctrine claim, as expert opined machine was defectively designed due to foreseeability of industrial customer to bypass interlock circuit and accident could have been prevented had machine been equipped with readily available technology.

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Hudson v. Hudson, 2050492, COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF ALABAMA, February 9, 2007, Released
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Overview: Because a wife's second Ala. R. Civ. P. 59 motion sought the same relief as her first motion, it did not toll the time for taking an appeal; therefore, the wife's notice of appeal, which was filed 91 days after the denial of the first motion, was untimely and was dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction under Ala. R. App. P. 4(a)(1).

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Kennedy v. Merriman, 2050844, COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF ALABAMA, February 9, 2007, Released
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Overview: Because the unemployment department's appeal of a judgment in favor of the employers was filed outside the 30-day period provided in Ala. R. Civ. P. 59(e), its notice of appeal was untimely, did not invoke the jurisdiction of the appellate court, and had to be dismissed in accordance with Ala. R. App. P. 2(a)(1).

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N.H. v. T.A.P., 2050908, COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF ALABAMA, February 9, 2007, Released
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Overview: Because a father made a claim for child support at trial that was not disposed of by the trial court, the mother's appeal was dismissed because the trial court's judgment was not a final judgment.

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Olson v. State, 2050648, COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF ALABAMA, February 9, 2007, Released
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Overview: Because the trial court had not ruled on the State's Ala. R. Civ. P. 59 motion to alter, amend, or vacate a purported judgment, and because the purported judgment was not signed or initialed by the trial judge, as required by former Ala. R. Civ. P. 58, it was a nullity, and defendant appealed from a nonfinal judgment.

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Peterson v. Peterson, 2050491, COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF ALABAMA, February 9, 2007, Released
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Overview: Judgment deferring to North Carolina (NC) court's jurisdiction was affirmed as Ala. Code § 30-3B-202(a)(2) deprived trial court of jurisdiction as parents and children lived in NC when mother's petition was filed. Grandparents were not acting as parents, although children were in their custody for six months of year before petition was filed.

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