Prime Insurance Syndicate, Inc. v. B.J. Handley Trucking, Inc.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Rick Handley, B.J. Handley Trucking, Inc. (“Handley Trucking”), and Randall Summerville appeal the district court’s order denying their motion for attorneys’ fees in a declaratory action concerning coverage under an insurance contract. The issue on appeal is whether the district court correctly applied Alabama law in determining that the defendants were not entitled to recover their attorneys’ fees.

I. Background

Handley Trucking, a commercial trucking business in Alabama, orally purchased from Prime Insurance (“Prime”) a business Auto Liability Insurance…