Legal Opinion
Ex parte Austal USA, LLC
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 3, 2017No. 1151138 and 1151244PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAIN, Justice.
Austal USA, LLC (“Austal”), filed two petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the Mobile Circuit Court to dismiss certain claims asserted against it by plaintiffs Michael Keshock, Martin Osborn, Richard Fitzgerald, Tyrone Lucas, Riley Bodiford, Tommie Brandon, Justin Reed, and William White (hereinafter referred to collectively as “the plaintiffs”). We deny the petitions.
I. Facts and Procedural History
Austal operates a shipyard in Mobile that builds naval vessels. Each of the plaintiffs is an employee of Austal who claims to have been injured while working in the course of…
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