Ex Parte Ocean Reef Developers II, LLC, 2100942 (ala.civ.app. 11-4-2011)

MOORE, Judge.

Ocean Reef Developers II, LLC (“Ocean Reef’), the defendant in an action pending in the Etowah Circuit Court (“the Alabama trial court”), petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the Alabama trial court to set aside its order denying Ocean Reefs motion to dismiss and to enter an order dismissing Michael Maddox’s complaint against Ocean Reef. For the reasons discussed below, we grant the petition.

Facts and Procedural History

On March 28, 2005, Maddox, an Alabama resident, entered into an agreement with Ocean Reef regarding the construction and purchase of a condominium in Panama…