Trial Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Lift Stay in Billing Dispute

The Alabama Supreme Court said a trial court erroneously lifted a stay in a dispute over payments for medical services because neither party filed a timely challenge to the final order putting the case on hold pending arbitration. Piedmont Comprehensive Pain Management Group sued DocRx Dispensing Inc. in 2022 for breach of contract, unjust enrichment and other tort-based claims. Piedmont hired DocRx to provide billing and collection services for its drug dispensing program. DocRX would collect payments from insurance companies for medications dispensed to patients and keep a portion of the f...