Barton v. Liberty National Life Insurance Co.

After Remand from the Alabama Supreme Court

PITTMAN, Judge.

On December 12, 2014, this court reversed the judgment of the Bessemer Division of the Jefferson Circuit Court that dismissed a negligence action brought by Misty Ann Barton, as administratrix of the estate of Benjamin H. Miller, Jr., deceased, against Liberty National Life Insurance Company stemming from the payment of proceeds of an insurance policy to the widow of the deceased owner of that policy pursuant to a beneficiary designation made by the widow as administratrix of the owner’s estate. Barton v. Liberty Nat’l Life Ins. Co.,…