Lifestar Response of Alabama, Inc. v. Admiral Insurance Co.

BOLIN, Justice.

This appeal arises out of a legal-malpractice action brought by Lifestar Response of Alabama, Inc. (“Lifestar”), against its defense lawyers and Admiral Insurance Company (“Admiral”) for failing to have a default judgment set aside in the underlying case, the details of which are set out in Lifestar Response of Alabama, Inc. v. Lemuel, 908 So.2d 207 (Ala.2004).

Underlying Litigation

The facts, as summarized in Lemuel, supra, are as follows:

“On November 19, 1998, Lifestar and Care entered into an ‘Asset Purchase Agreement’ pursuant to which Lifestar purchased all of the assets of…