Opinion ID: 584607
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: question certified to the supreme court of alabama

Text: 10 Because no Alabama case has directly addressed whether the duty to control doctrine may be applied to the context of the parent/subsidiary corporate relationship, we respectfully certify the following question to the Alabama Supreme Court: 11 Whether under Alabama law the tort doctrine of duty of control could be applied to hold a parent corporation liable for the acts of its subsidiary? 12 The particular phrasing used to frame the question for certification is intended only as a guide and is not meant to restrict the Supreme Court of Alabama in its consideration of the issue or in the manner in which it gives its reply. The clerk of this court is directed to transmit this certificate as well as the briefs and record filed with the court to the Supreme Court of Alabama, and simultaneously to transmit copies of the certificate to the attorneys for the parties. 13 QUESTION CERTIFIED.