Supreme Court of Alabama

Ex Parte Opp Health and Rehabilitation, LLC Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals (in Re…

May 23, 2025

Summary

The Supreme Court of Alabama held that the Court of Civil Appeals improperly reversed a judgment on the pleadings based on a nonaccidental-injury theory that the claimant had not presented to the circuit court. The availability of review under Rule 12(c) did not excuse preservation requirements, and the court therefore reversed and remanded without reaching whether a COVID-19 injury could be compensable under that theory.