Legal Opinion
American Pioneer Life Ins. Co. v. Sandlin
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 12, 1985No. 82-1063PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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In this insurance fraud case, the jury rendered a verdict for plaintiff, awarding $100,000 compensatory damages and $3,000,000 punitive damages. The defendant insurance companies raise numerous issues, which we shall consider in appropriate order.
The suit arises from the purchase by E. Kenneth Ayres of an annuity from American Pioneer Life Insurance Company (American Pioneer Life) in 1978. At the instigation of L. Paul McWhorter, Ayres cancelled three life…
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Torres v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- Cartwright v. BralySupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
- Steenhuis v. HollandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
- Papastefan v. B & L CONST. CO., INC.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1980
- Wright v. McCordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Lawler Mobile Homes, Inc. v. TarverSupreme Court of Alabama · 1986
- General Motors Corp. v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
- Hicks v. Globe Life and Acc. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1991
- William Aubrey Dominick, Jr. v. Dixie National Life Insurance Company, Robert Lyle Fundaburk v. Dixie National Life Insurance Co., Robert E. Johnson, Jr. v. Dixie National Life Insurance Co., a Corporation, Lincoln National Sales Corporation of Central Alabama, a Corporation, and the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, a Corporation, Carlton S. & Chrystle Bone v. Dixie National Life Insurance Co., Lincoln National Sales Corporation of Central Alabama and the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Jerry Lee Fowler v. Dixie National Life Insurance Co., Russell Jeffrey Pinyan v. Dixie National Life Insurance Co., Milton L. Culver, Gilmer R. And Hilda E. Godfrey v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Etc., Robert Kermit Pinyan v. Dixie National Life Insurance Co., Julian D. Edwards v. United Presidential Life Insurance Company, a Corporation Union Central Life Insurance Company, a Corporation Milton L. Culver, Mary M. Hunt v. United Presidential Life Insurance Company, a Corporation Union Central Life Insurance Company, a Corporation Milton L. Culver, Hubert A. Grissom v. Dixie National Life Insurance Company, Defendant-Crossclaim Hoyt A. Ponder v. Dixie National Life Insurance Co., Lincoln National Sales Corp. Of Central Alabama & the Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., Garry Aaron Walker v. Dixie National Life Insurance Co., Warren N. Cook v. Dixie National Life Insurance Co., Lincoln National Sales Corporation of Central Alabama & the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, a Corporation, Burton Burdick v. Dixie National Life Insurance Co., a Corporation Lincoln National Sales Corporation of Central Alabama, a Corporation and the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, a Corporation, Fred M. Tucker v. Dixie National Life Insurance Co., Lincoln National Sales Corp. Of Central Alabama & the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, James W. Spencer v. Dixie National Life Insurance Co., a Corporation Lincoln National Sales Corporation of Central Alabama, a Corporation, John Haven v. Dixie National Life Insurance Co., Etc., Allen Daniel Washburn & Mozelle Washburn v. Dixie National Life Insurance Co., Barry W. McCown v. Dixie National Life Insurance Co., Eugene A. Polk v. Dixie National Life Insurance Co., Wilford R. Hitt v. Dixie National Life Insurance Co., Oscar Lee Nichols v. Atlantic American Life Insurance Company, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. HaslipSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
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