Voyager Guar. Ins. Co., Inc. v. Brown

Voyager Guaranty Insurance Company, Inc. ("Voyager"), sued Roy J. Brown, an attorney, under the Alabama Legal Services Liability Act, alleging fraud. The trial court entered a summary judgment in favor of Brown.

The dispositive issue is whether the attorney's statement of his opinion as to certain loan documents constituted fraud.

A motion for summary judgment may be granted only when there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. Rule 56(c), A.R.Civ.P.; Southern Guar. Ins. Co. v. First Alabama Bank,540 So.2d 732, 734 (Ala.…