Supreme Court of Alabama
Ex Parte Richard L. Watters. (in Re Michael J. Gamble
June 3, 20162016 Ala. LEXIS 71
Summary
The Alabama Supreme Court denied Richard L. Watters’s petition for a writ of mandamus directing the Circuit Court to vacate its order denying summary judgment on the legal‑malpractice claim. The Court held that mandamus will not review the merits of a summary‑judgment denial because the case does not fall within the narrow exception articulated in Ex parte Hodge. Justice Murdock filed a special concurrence agreeing with the majority and noting that the Hodge exception required a clear statutory‑limitations bar, which is absent here.