Legal Opinion

Powell v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 28, 1990No. 88-1342PublishedCited by 92 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

581 So.2d 772 (1990)

Cynthia A. POWELL and Bruce Powell

v.

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF ALABAMA.

88-1342.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 28, 1990.

John W. Haley of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, for appellants.

Duncan B. Blair of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, and Walter F. Scott III, Birmingham, for appellee.

2Per curiam

This appeal presents this primary issue: May the insurer/indemnitor, by contract providing for subrogation, claim reimbursement of its payment to the insured/indemnitee, out of the insured/indemnitee's recovery from the third-party tort-feasor, when the third-party…

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3Cases cited49 opinions

  1. Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
  2. City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Beck v. Farmers Insurance ExchangeUtah Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Garrity v. Rural Mutual InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Rimes v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1982

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4Cited by92 opinions

  1. Blue Cross & Blue Shield v. SandersCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
  2. Samura v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1993
  3. Blankenship v. Estate of BainTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Ex Parte State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2000
  5. Shelter Insurance Companies v. FrohlichNebraska Supreme Court · 1993

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