Seward v. Dickerson

In Dickerson v. Deno, 770 So.2d 63 (Ala. 2000), we held that an agreement between Tonda Dickerson and her former co-employees to split the proceeds of a winning Florida lottery ticket was void under Alabama law. Edward Seward now challenges the validity of his gift of the ticket to Dickerson. The Mobile Circuit Court, in entering a summary judgment for Dickerson and the other defendants, rejected Seward's challenge. We affirm.

The underlying facts of this case were summarized in Dickerson as follows:

"The plaintiffs [in Dickerson] — Sandra Deno, Angie Tisdale, Matthew Adams, and Jackie Fairley…