Harrison v. Insurance Company of North America

SHORES, Justice.

The Honorable John R. Brown, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, recently remarked that Barnes v. Atlantic & Pacific Ins. Co. of America, 514 F.2d 704 (5 Cir. 1975), was an historic case, “. . . not because of the intrinsic difficulty of the issues, but because this is our first published opinion utilizing the certification provisions recently adopted by the citizens of Alabama.” (Emphasis Supplied)

This, too, is an historic case, since it is the first case from this court answering questions certified to us under the provisions of the new Judicial…