Alfa Mutual Insurance Company and William Koch v. Corey Culverhouse

Summary

The Supreme Court of Alabama affirmed the trial court’s decision to reconsider its summary judgment and revive Culverhouse’s breach-of-contract claim. It held that a trial court has broad discretion to consider a new legal argument raised for the first time in a postjudgment motion, even when the movant offers no on-the-record justification for the delay. The appellate court deferred to the trial court’s determination that consideration of the argument was warranted in the interest of justice.