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   State Courts - Alabama - August 18, 2006

  
Harris v. Mitchell, 2050073, COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF ALABAMA, August 18, 2006, Released
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Overview: Trial court correctly ruled that paternity action against putative father was not barred by doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel; the child was neither a party to nor represented in a prior action to determine paternity and, thus, the child was entitled to assert a paternity claim against him pursuant to Ala. Code ? 26-17-1 et seq.

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Jett v. State, CR-05-1749, COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF ALABAMA, August 18, 2006, Released
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Overview: Defendant's new trial motion was not properly filed, as that term was used in Ala. R. Crim. P. 24.1, when he deposited said motion with the circuit court without filing it with the circuit clerk. Thus, as his notice of appeal was thereafter untimely filed, said appeal was dismissed, and his only remedy, if any, was under Ala. R. Crim. P. 32.1(f).

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Nix v. McElrath, 1040259, SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA, August 18, 2006, Released
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Overview: In a wrongful death action brought by the mother, the father was entitled to one-half of the damages because Ala. Code ??6-5-391(c) required damages to be disbursed in a manner directed by the statute governing intestate succession. As child had no surviving spouse or issue, the damages should have been awarded to the mother and the father equally.

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S.N.S.D. v. M.D.K., 2050305, COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF ALABAMA, August 18, 2006, Released
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Overview: An order by a juvenile court in dependency proceedings that a mother's minor child would not be returned to her was reversed because the juvenile court did not advise the mother, as required by Ala. Code ?? 12-15-63(b), 12-15-65(b), that she had the right to be represented by counsel and that counsel would be appointed if she could not afford one.

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Samford Univ. v. City of Homewood, 1050444, SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA, August 18, 2006, Released
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Overview: Because a city, as condemnor, did not take possession of the condemned land before the circuit court entered its final judgment, and no evidence existed that the city paid a bond double the amount of assessed damages in order to effect right of entry onto the land, the landowner was properly denied prejudgment interest on the condemnation award.

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Sloan Southern Homes, LLC v. McQueen, 1041893, 1041906, 1050068, SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA, August 18, 2006, Released
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Overview: As the punitive damages limitation of an arbitration clause was unenforceable under Alabama law, but the parties agreed to proceed to arbitration without said clause, the illegal clause was extracted. Thus, the trial court erred in denying a motion to compel the same.

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State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Chestang, 1040361, 1040363, SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA, August 18, 2006, Released
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Overview: Because an insurer presented evidence that its insured expected or intended to injure the decedent, specifically, the insured's own testimony, a genuine issue of material fact existed as to the application of an expected or intended exclusion in the insured's homeowner's policy, precluding summary judgment against the insurer.

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State v. Atchley, 1050629, SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA, August 18, 2006, Released
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State v. Herring, CR-05-1201, COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF ALABAMA, August 18, 2006, Released
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Stokes v. Ferguson, 1031956, SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA, August 18, 2006, Released
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Overview: Summary judgment was improper because it was based on motion which consisted only of memorandum summary of facts unsupported by evidence in record and legal argument. Motion failed to comply with Ala. R. Civ. P. 56(c)(1), which required that narrative summary be supported by specific references to pleadings, discovery materials, or affidavits.

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