Legal Opinion
Watts v. Sentry Ins.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 5, 2003No. 1020995PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of Sentry Insurance, a Mutual Company ("Sentry"), in an action brought by Michael Raymond Watts against Sentry and numerous other defendants. On July 15, 2003, the trial court made its summary judgment for Sentry final pursuant to Rule 54(b), Ala.R.Civ.P. Watts appealed. We reverse and remand.
Watts was driving a motor vehicle owned by his employer, Johnson Controls, Inc., when the vehicle was struck by a utility trailer that had come loose from a vehicle driven by William J. Rupe and owned by Rupe's employer, Dwight's Lawn Garden…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State Farm Auto. Ins. Co. v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
- Hogan v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1998
- State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. JeffersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1996
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Alabama Mutual Insurance Corp. v. City of VernonSupreme Court of Alabama · 2013
- Johnson v. Coregis Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2004
- Roblero v. Cox Pools of the Southeast, Inc.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2013