Legal Opinion
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Smith
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 25, 1966No. 6 Div. 215PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARWOOD, Justice.
This is an excess verdict suit against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company for alleged negligence in failing to settle a suit within the limits of the casualty insurance policy issued to Joe Rice.
The evidence tends to show the Rice automobile, being driven by Harry Smith for Rice, was in a line of traffic proceeding in a northerly direction on U. S. Highway 11, near the Tuscaloosa-Bibb County line. Smith pulled out of his lane and into the lane used by vehicles traveling in an opposite direction. According to Smith, he *346was traveling at a speed of 50 to 60 miles per hour at…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Waters v. American Cas. Co. of Reading, PaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
- Best Building Co. v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Alabama Baptist Hospital Board v. CarterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Prudential Ins. Co. v. CalvinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Henke v. Iowa Home Mutual Casualty CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 1958
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Garner v. WolfinbargerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Christiansen v. HallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
- Vincent v. Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1979
- Childs v. MISSISSIPPI VAL. TITLE INS. CO.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1978
- Johnson v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
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