American Medical Security, Inc. v. Parker

Fletcher, Chief Justice.

Appellees in these companion cases filed an action in a Georgia court seeking to enjoin the proposed settlement in an Alabama class action suit against appellants. The proposed settlement was to bind both Alabama and Georgia plaintiffs that were part of the Alabama class. It would not, however, bind appellees because they had been excluded from the Alabama class. Notwithstanding this fact, the Georgia trial court granted appellees’ request for an injunction against the settlement and held appellants in contempt for violating the injunction. Because appellees had been…