Ex Parte AmSouth Bank of Alabama

This Court granted certiorari review to determine whether the Court of Civil Appeals erred in affirming the circuit court's summary judgment for Harold E. Holland, Jr., the defendant in an action filed by AmSouth Bank, N.A., that alleged that Mr. Holland was personally liable on a note executed by Mr. Holland but signed by him in his capacity as president of Holland's Cars, Inc. The issue is whether AmSouth presented substantial evidence that Holland's Cars is the instrumentality or alter ego of Mr. Holland.

For several years, Mr. Holland maintained with AmSouth a banking relationship pursuant…