Legal Opinion

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Carlton

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided May 11, 2001No. 2991014Published

1Opinion of the Court

867 So.2d 320 (2001)

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY

v.

Nicholas Shane CARLTON.

2991014.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

May 11, 2001.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 2001.

Ronald G. Davenport and R. Austin Huffaker, Jr., of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A., Montgomery, for appellant.

Richard A. Lawrence, Montgomery, for appellee.

CRAWLEY, Judge.

This case requires us to decide an issue of first impression in Alabama: whether a worker can receive uninsured-motorist ("UM") benefits under his family automobile liability policy when he is injured on the job by a negligent coworker who…

Also in this document: Dissent · Yates; Dissent · Murdock.

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Reed v. BrunsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988
  3. Allstate Ins. Co. v. BoyntonSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  4. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. LambertSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  5. Higgins v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1973

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