Legal Opinion
Brantley v. Bassett
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 14, 2014No. 1120965PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Justice.
Clay Merches petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to dismiss, for lack of personal jurisdiction, the claims against him. We grant the petition and issue the writ.
Procedural History and Factual Baclcground
In September 2011, Cora Brantley, Emanuel Brantley, and Sharon Brantley (collectively “the plaintiffs”) sued Builders Transportation Company, LLC (“Builders Transportation”), and Dwight Bassett, an employee of Builders Transportation, in the Hale Circuit Court.1 The case concerns a missing flatbed trailer owned by Builders Transportation, a…
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