Court Opinion

ID: 7735348
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 19:52:04.037494+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:27:22.983527
License: Public Domain

Although Rule 21, Ala.R.App.P., is silent as to the time allowed for filing a petition for the writ of mandamus, this Court has repeatedly required that such a petition be filed within a reasonable time. See, e.g., Ex parte Sasser, 730 So.2d 604 (Ala. 1999); Ex parte Johnson, 485 So.2d 1098 (Ala. 1986). The delay in the instant case exceeded the time allowed for an appeal from a final judgment. See Evans v. Insurance Co. of North America,349 So.2d 1099 (Ala. 1977). However, because I concur in the conclusion that the pendency of a prior class action, standing alone, does not abate the individual claim, I concur in the result. See my special writing in Ex parte LaCoste, 733 So.2d 889
(Ala. 1998).