Alabama Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. Pierce

ADAMS, Justice.

O.B. Pierce filed an action against Johnny Pierce for worker’s compensation benefits. When O.B. Pierce discovered that Johnny Pierce’s worker’s compensation insurance carrier was in receivership, he amended his complaint to add as a party the Alabama Insurance Guaranty Association (“Guaranty Association”), a non-profit unincorporated legal entity created by the Alabama legislature, Ala.Code 1975, § 27-42-1 et seq., and sought a declaration that the Guaranty Association had a duty to indemnify and defend Johnny Pierce in the worker’s compensation action. The trial court entered…