Legal Opinion

Tarver v. Advanced Disposal Servs. S., LLC (Ex parte Utilities Bd. of Tuskegee)

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 28, 2018No. 1170234Published

1Opinion of the Court

MENDHEIM, Justice.

*230The Utilities Board of the City of Tuskegee ("UBT") petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Macon Circuit Court to vacate its December 7, 2017, order disqualifying UBT's retained counsel, Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP ("the Huie firm"), from representing UBT in a case pending before the trial court. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

I. Facts

On May 19, 2017, Jerry Tarver, Sr., sued UBT and numerous other defendants seeking damages based on alleged exposure to contaminated water purportedly caused by the defendants' combined and concurring…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. In Re: Bellsouth Corporation, in Re: Terry Price and Lehr, Middlebrooks, Price & Proctor, P.C.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
  2. State of Arkansas, Cross-Appellant v. Dean Foods Products Company, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
  3. Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. Shadonna C.California Supreme Court · 2008
  4. Adams v. Aerojet-General Corp.California Court of Appeal · 2001
  5. Ex Parte Taylor Coal Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1981

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