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   State Courts - Alabama - November 9, 2006
  
Ex parte Richardson, 1051474, SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA, November 9, 2006, Released
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Overview: A university trustee sued the university's president and its board of trustees seeking a judgment declaring that another board member's term had not expired. As the trustee had not suffered an actual injury to his rights as a public official and was not prevented from performing his duties, he lacked standing to bring the suit.

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Ex parte Zoghby, 1050959, SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA, November 9, 2006, Released
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Overview: Records relating to counseling undergone by a priest were not protected by Ala. R. Evid. 505. The priest had released the records to an archbishop not for the purpose of the priest's receiving spiritual advice, but for the purpose of his establishing his compliance with an agreement with a parishioner and his readiness to return to active ministry.

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Newman v. Newman, 2050532, COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF ALABAMA, November 9, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Appeal of child support issue was dismissed as there was no final order as trial court reserved ruling on issue, phrase "CS forms" appeared next to date on case-action-summary sheet, apparently indicating receipt of income affidavits, and there was no further order in record on appeal.

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Patton v. Thompson, 1031809, SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA, November 9, 2006, Decided
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Overview: As a plaintiff in a medical-malpractice suit against a psychiatrist arising out of the suicide of that doctor's patient had to prove by substantial evidence that the psychiatrist breached the applicable standard of care and that the breach was a proximate cause of the patient's death, proximate cause could not be based simply on a duty analysis.

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