Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Edwards
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 3, 1992No. 1901129PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON REHEARING EX MERO MOTU
This Court's opinion of March 13, 1992, is withdrawn and the following is substituted therefor.
The issue in this case is whether, under the facts of this case, the trial court abused its discretion in awarding only $9,000 in attorney fees to a prevailing party under the Truth-in-Lending Act.
A review of the history of this case is warranted. Tommie Edwards was an uninsured motorist involved in an automobile accident with a motorist insured by Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance Company (Farm Bureau). The amount Farm Bureau paid on behalf of its insured was…
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