Legal Opinion
Ragland v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 19, 2017No. 1160140PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Justice.
*642Lamar Ragland appeals the dismissal of his bad-faith claim against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. For the reasons set forth herein, we dismiss the appeal.
Procedural History
On July 21, 2016, Ragland filed a complaint in the Etowah Circuit Court ("the circuit court") seeking punitive damages from State Farm based on State Farm's alleged bad-faith failure to pay and related failure to subject his claim for underinsured-motorist ("UIM") benefits to a cognitive review. In his complaint, Ragland alleged that he had an automobile-liability policy with State Farm that…
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- National SEC. Fire & Cas. Co. v. BowenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
- State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. SladeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1999
- Professor Harriet Spiegel v. The Trustees of Tufts CollegeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Foster v. Greer and Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1984
- Horn v. Transcon Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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