Legal Opinion

Langley v. MUT. FIRE, MARINE & INLAND INS.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided July 24, 1987No. 85-320PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is an appeal by plaintiff, Dr. John Langley, from an order granting summary judgment in favor of defendants, Mutual Fire, Marine and Inland Insurance Company ("Mutual Fire"); W.K.P. Wilson and Son, Inc.; and Mr. Pharr Hume. We affirm.

From August 9, 1977, through August 8, 1978, Dr. Langley's medical malpractice liability insurance carrier was Mutual Fire. The policy issued to Dr. Langley by Mutual Fire was a "claims-made" insurance policy. The first sentence appearing in Dr. Langley's policy is a statement alerting the insured as to the nature of the "claims-made" type of policy; it…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Torres v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1983
  2. Gulf Ins. Co. v. Dolan, Fertig and CurtisSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  3. Livingston Par. Sch. Bd. v. Fireman's Fund Am. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  4. Oceanonics, Inc. v. Petroleum Distributing CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
  5. Seybold v. Magnolia Land Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1979

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Hickox v. StoverSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  2. First Alabama Bank Of Montgomery, N.A. v. First State Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  3. St. Paul Fire & Marine v. EDGE MEMORIALSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991
  4. Thomas A. Diluglio v. New England Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
  5. First Alabama Bank of Montgomery, N.A. v. First State InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990

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