An attorney representing a woman who filed a civil suit against a Fairhope restaurateur for committing a 2018 assault is raising questions about a Baldwin County judge’s handling of the case and asking the Alabama Supreme Court to intervene.
David McDonald, who is representing Paula DiNardi in a case against McSharry’s Irish Pub owner Ronan McSharry, filed a petition of mandamus in late August asking the high court to review and reverse several of Baldwin County Circuit Judge J. Clark Stankoski’s rulings.
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Baldwin County Circuit Judge J. Clark Stankoski
By Jason Johnson
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