550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 265,756 times 364 Legal Analyses
Holding that a complaint's allegations should "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' "
Deciding that the third amended complaint, which contained 127 paragraphs, all incorporated by reference into nine separate counts created an "onerous task" for the trial court to sift through
Holding that two companies were joint employers and therefore liable to the employee, but using agency principles to determine the extent of one employer's liability for the other employer's actions
Holding that a parent and subsidiary were not a single enterprise because the court concluded, inter alia, that the two companies did not share the same human resources department
Holding as insufficient for outrage claim plaintiff-nurse's allegations that supervisor sent letter to Alabama Board of Nursing documenting concerns about her regularly seeking narcotics for migraines, receiving narcotics without a doctor's order, and checking out narcotics as a part of her job without proper documentation, thereby publicly accusing her of “being a drug addict, a thief, a danger to the public and of failing to perform her duties”
Ala. Code § 6-2-38 Cited 844 times 4 Legal Analyses
Setting two-year statute of limitations for personal injury claims, non-contract claims, and other actions "for any injury to the person or rights of another not arising from contact and not specifically enumerated in this section"
Ala. Code § 25-5-11.1 Cited 234 times 2 Legal Analyses
Providing "[n]o employee shall be terminated by an employer solely because the employee has instituted or maintained any action against the employer to recover workers' compensation benefits under this chapter . . .."