within 15 miles of Bessemer Alabama

... In November 2005, SunTrust withdrew $1,899 from the Gilchrists' checking account to offset part of the delinquent equity-line-of-credit debt. ... In the spring of 2005, SunTrust began collection efforts on the delinquent equity-line-of-credit debt. ...

... Endert's notes indicate that, after that incident, the child displayed increasingly aggressive behavior, began eating like an animal, began scratching at MH, and ... The mother also testified that the child would bite or scratch herself and take her feces and "smear it all over the room.". ...

... Rule 23, Ala. R. Civ. P., states, in pertinent part: "(a) Prerequisites to a Class Action. ... "(b) Class Actions Maintainable. An action may be maintained as a class action if the prerequisites of subdivision (a) are satisfied, and in addition: "... ...